Friday, November 24, 2006
FEMINISM REVERSED - SINGLE-SEX SCHOOLS
WASHINGTON (Catholic News Service) -- Single-sex education, no stranger to the Catholic school system, is about to get a turn in the public school arena now that federal guidelines, effective Nov. 24, give school districts more flexibility in providing single-sex classes, extracurricular programs and even schools.
The U.S. Department of Education announced the policy change in late October, marking the first major shift in single-sex school programs since 1972 when the federal Title IX requirements banned sex discrimination at schools that received federal funding. The law essentially prohibited public single-sex education and made exceptions only for occasional physical education and human sexuality classes.
My favorite idea from the article: "Students got the message that above all, academics, not socializing, was the most important part of school." Now, if they can just teach this to their elders education should start to improve!
