Teaching Boys and Girls Separately

Teaching Boys and Girls Separately by Elizabeth Weil                                   Caitlin Rennell

Quotes:
"Even if one could prove that sending a kid off to his or her own school based on religion or race or ethnicity or gender did a little but better job of raising the academic skills for workers in the economy, there's also the issue of trying to create tolerant citizens in democracy."
This quote was said by Richard Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation. He brings up the fact that even though it may improve scores it will also take away from a lot of other experiences that come with having a coed school. Like Richard said issues of trying to create tolerant citizens in democracy are something that can not be overlooked just to improve learning. There has to be another way. This also contributes to the reading because it takes the take about teaching boys and girls separately and how it will improve scores, but theres more components to that decision that some people are not seeing like how it takes away from other things that only coed schools can do.

"While there's some dispute over whether there's an ongoing education crisis for white, middle-class boys, there's no doubt that public schools are failing poor minority students in general and poor minority boys in particular."
This quote has to do with our other readings and SCWAAMP and privileged.  It talks about being white, middle class, males and how the minority students are failing, but not only the poor minority students specifically boys. It shows how your gender and class contribute to your education. Despite six years of No Child Left Behind this is still a problem between rich and poor students and white and black students have not significantly. This contributes to the rest of the reading because it brings up another reason why boys fail more then girls.

"Boys are active, girls are passive. Boys should go out and have jobs, girls should stay home and have babies."
This quote is very popular and I'm sure you've heard of it time and time again. Back in the day people use to believe that men would go to work while the women would stay home and have babies. No or days thats not true at all. Girls are more independent with careers. I believe in know time at all we will have a women president. This quote was pretty much said by Dr. Sax. This quote contributes to the rest of the article because it brings up the fact that times have change and now more girls are succeeding while boys are slacking when it comes to education. Like the quote says boys are active so seating in a desk all day really isn't their thing. While girls are passive to they are able to sit there for long hours.

Questions/Comments/Points to Share:
Before reading this article I wouldn't have ever thought about the difference in learning between boys and girls. I wouldn't actually even consider separate public schools for genders. I still am for coed's, but it's defiantly a different view on this problem. I feel like to separate the genders though may be good for schools scoring it would take away from so many other things that help us as students become tolerant citizens. Boys use to be the higher gender, but no or days it seems that girls are more serious about their education then guys are.  I found it interesting that boys make up two thirds of special education.  My question is why boys are what makes up the most of special education? Overall this was a very interesting reading and it opened my eyes up to a different views on education between genders.