Is there an argument for some subjects to be taught in single sex classes?

Not always the case though. My son goes to an all boys school and they don't seem to have the behaviour or low achievement problem.

It's obviously one of those things where someone is always going to suffer. It's sad that the only way girls get the education they deserve is to have be separated from the boys. But by removing the girls you screw up the boys chances.

Would be easier if they looked at and clamped down on the stereotypes and the behaviour and the messages in these mixed schools that would enable everyone to learn in a safe happy environment.

I do think it's shocking how clearly reliant on well behaved girls schools actually are.

Absolutely absolutely absolutely

Fucks sake rufus pick another word

giles

Absolutely

I have a girl I absolutely see that single sex lessons can be very beneficial for girls and boys depending on the subject

However that is tempered in my mind by the individual personalities of my children

All top set for science and maths

If i had known that ds1 was to be in a single sex class i would have persuaded him to change his GCSE options

I think it's a good idea especially with stem subjects where girls in mixed schools do not take them up or do as well as in, as they do in all girls school.

I can well believe though that sadly it doesn't benefit the boys so much as the "buffer zone girls " used to split up problem combinations of children are not in the class which could be problematic depending on the competence of the teacher.

Acknowledging differences and problems and trying to solve them is important though.

Read Dale Spender - "Invisible Women: The Schooling Scandal"
It will answer all your questions.

They tried this in science when ds1 was doing his gcse year 10

They didnt talk to the parents about it and it went dreadfully

The teacher had no control whats so ever over the boys class

I personally had an issue on basing my sons education around what is in his pants rather than personality and learning skills

I would not have an issue with my other son or daughter being in either mixed or single sex classes as they can more than hold their own

OR with ds1 being in a single sex class with a vaguely competent teacher

What do you think? Let’s hear your words of wosdom, OP.

This isn't new OP, there are lots of schools that separate girls and boys for some core subjects (maths and English, as you say in your OP) as well as sex ed.

I'm not against it, provided that it is managed in a fair and equitable way, so girls don't end up with a crap teacher in a crap classroom while the boys get the best teacher in the best classroom, for example.