Public Schools Vs. Sex Schools - 1565 Words

Public Schools v. Single- Sex Schools Did you ever think about the people that your children are surrounded by throughout the school day? If they are bullied, left alone or fit in? Did you ever consider putting them in a different school? Education is very important. Some of the reasons education is important are quite simple. Education is to better a person s self knowledge needed later in life. We start education at such a young age because children have a different level of common knowledge. Students learn at different paces. Some children are smart when they are little and they know how to say their ABC’s, know how to add and subtract and know how to write their name. Other children struggle with even knowing how to hold†¦show more content†¦Schooling and education as a whole, whether public or single-sex, is very important. However, there has always been a struggle between single-sex schools and public schools. Public schools started in 1821. The first public school started in Boston, Ma ssachusetts at the end of the 19th century. Before that, single-sex schools were very common. From then on, there has been fights between different people arguing whether children should go to public schools or single-sex schools. Children should go to public schools. They should only go to public schools because they need interaction with different peers, learn how to deal with real world problems and learn the differences between boys and girls. One of the main reasons children should go to public schools is because they need to interact with different peers. During school, girls and boys were thought to be equal (Single, A). However, that was not always the case. Boys were cared for more than girls were, until Title IX stepped in. Title IX is the revision of a landmark 1970s law to make sure equal access to education for girls was given (Single, A) . After that law was passed in 1972, there were limiting single-sex schools and both genders were looked after equally (Single, A). â€Å"The people on the feminist- leaning side of the debate see the conversation about a boys’ crisis as a strategy to advance the single-sex education agenda. I’m not sure that is correct. I don’t think the kind of data