Chicopee ends all-girls math class at Bellamy Middle School

Jeanette DeForge:

A three-year experiment that created an all-girls math class at Edward Bellamy Middle School has ended in part because the students did not show they were doing any better than their peers in classes with boys and girls.

Bellamy Principal Matthew Francis created the all-girls math class in 2009 with the idea that adolescent girls will feel less intimidated and more focused if they are not competing with boys.

But after three years of collecting data from Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment Systems scores and students' overall grades and performance, Francis said he decided to discontinue the class this year.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 22, 2012 3:48 AM
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