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Girls achieve better academic results in single-gender learning environments
Thursday May 14Ottawa, Updated May 14, 2009 – There has been a lot in the news recently about girls achieving better academic results in single-gender learning environments.
In the news: Single-gender education
- Single-sex schooling sets girls on firm footing
April 24, 2009: As head of Elmwood School, Ottawa's independent school for girls, I've been watching media coverage of the Prescott school pilot with great interest. - globeandmail.com: All girls – better grades
April 21, 2009: Graduates of all-girls schools have higher SAT test scores and greater confidence in math and computer skills, concludes a new, large-scale study on single-sex learning. - UCLA Newsroom - Grads of all-girls schools show stronger academic orientations than coed grads
March 19, 2009: Female graduates of single-sex high schools demonstrate stronger academic orientations than their coeducational counterparts across a number of different categories... - Telegraph.co.uk - Girls 'do better in single-sex schools'
March 18, 2009: Girls achieve better exam results when they are taught in single-sex schools, research has shown.
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