Segregation In Public Schools

Segregation has always been an issue in life, work, and even the classroom. In today's society, it is not just about color now, it is about gender also. And for some people, this can lead to lots of issues and confusion. From experience I have realized that segregating students, or anyone for that matter, can only lead to problems. I believe that single-gender classes would not improve the quality of education in public schools. Single-gender classes would not leave an effect on the school, and if it did, it would be a negative effect. Even though a benefit of single sex education is less distractions in the classroom, it has the disadvantages such as creating and enforcing segregation, limiting students social skills, and reinforcing stereotypes. …show more content…
A reason that the opposing side would give is that single-gender classes would cause less distractions for the students of the classroom. The reasoning behind this is that there is a chance that the majority of the students in the class could be attracted to each other, thus causing a distraction. Although this may be true, in a classroom environment, and also in life, there will always be distractions around you. It is expected that a student of any age will cause a disruption in the classroom, no matter what the gender is. Some other reasoning behind supporting single-gender classes is that the principle of the public school Charles Drew, states that “Studies were shown that when they starting offering the classes, the state rating went from a D to a C,”( ). This lead to the National Association for Single Sex Public Education researching and finding out that “In the 2004-05 school year, 112 public schools offered at least one single-sex class and 34 public schools served just one sex.”( ). These statistics will support single-gender classes, but on the other hand, “Research finds that single-sex education does not show significant academic benefits, or drawbacks.”( ) This statistic contradicts and proves that single-gender classes, and the distractions that come with it, will not have an effect on a student's education. Students need to be exposed to working with the other gender to prepare for real

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