Students, Teachers Praise Single-Gender Classrooms

Channel3000, via a kind reader's email:

Marshall Middle School in Janesville is in its second year of offering single-gender classrooms, and students and teachers said the program has made a positive difference in their education.

Currently, more than 200 school districts around the country are testing out the teaching method, and about 10 schools in Wisconsin offer a single-gender classroom program.
Marshall Middle School teacher Charles Smith said getting eighth-grade boys and girls to agree on music isn't easy. But his social studies class is girls only, and Smith said the class prefers to study to the music of Beyonce.

"If the kids are comfortable, they feel better about it. Then this is a good place for them," said Smith.

Smith said the single-gender classroom is about making students feel comfortable.
While his students learn, he said he's also learning how to better tailor his lessons.

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Posted by Jim Zellmer at January 18, 2011 10:24 PM
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