Arob
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Right now Canadians don't have a choice, unless they can afford to pay $thousands of dollars for tuition, they must send their children to a publicly funded coeducation school. But some boys and some girls don't do very well in mixed gender settings.
In Oct 2009, Chris Spence of the Toronto District School Board called for 'boy friendly' classrooms to address a growing decline in male academics. The controversial request made headlines all over Canada.
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty immediately came out in support of the proposal in hopes of raising test scores and cutting the dropout rates. McGuinty is quoted as saying, "... our boys are not doing as well as our girls when it comes to reading and behavioural challenges". This from Orato: Mixed vs Single Gender Education Jan 29th 2010. The article goes on to detail advantages of single gender education models.
What do you think? Should Ontario bring back all boys and all girls schools?
In Oct 2009, Chris Spence of the Toronto District School Board called for 'boy friendly' classrooms to address a growing decline in male academics. The controversial request made headlines all over Canada.
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty immediately came out in support of the proposal in hopes of raising test scores and cutting the dropout rates. McGuinty is quoted as saying, "... our boys are not doing as well as our girls when it comes to reading and behavioural challenges". This from Orato: Mixed vs Single Gender Education Jan 29th 2010. The article goes on to detail advantages of single gender education models.
What do you think? Should Ontario bring back all boys and all girls schools?