Single sex schools should be abolished

Against
 Parents pay a lot of money for their children s education not to be distracted by the other gender.  NO peer pressure : no gender discrimination in school. Students would get equal right in their education. For many students, having not to worry about impressing the other gender is a good Idea, so more concentration on their studies.  This type of schools would also have the effect of preventing some teen pregnancies since there would be less exposure to the opposite sex on a daily basis ( I think this might goes with yours anika but if it doesn t go into yours, I will use it )  For example, some young men today often find that their more boisterous behavior creates problems in certain classrooms or for certain teachers.  Simply , some young woman as they enter their teenage years start doing less well at school because they fear the social consequences of appearing too intelligent.

Competition
 By having competitions you would want to prove yourself right. Your sex is better!  Want to prove a point.  Because girls and boys have different likes, sports could be chosen for the right sex and not because that gender can t do it.  You could also prove to the other sex that you can do (some) the same things as they sports wise.

Facts and figures

However, a 2009 analysis of Key Stage 2 and GCSE scores of more than 700,000 girls has revealed that those in all-female comprehensives make better progress than those who attend mixed secondaries. Girls rated their abilities in maths and sciences higher if they went to a girls school, and boys rated their abilities in English higher if they went to a boys school, i.e. gender stereotyping was weaker in the single-sex sector. Later in life, women who had been to single-sex schools went on to earn higher wages than women who had been to co-educational schools. However, men who had been to single-sex schools were more likely to end up divorced. Percentage of students scoring proficient on the FCAT boys in coed classes: 37% scored proficient girls in coed classes: 59% scored proficient girls in single-sex classes: 75% scored proficient boys in single-sex classes: 86% scored proficient. Remember, these students were all learning the same curriculum in the same school. And, this school "mainstreams" students who are learning-disabled, or who have ADHD etc. Many of those

boys who scored proficient in the all-boys classes had previously been labeled "ADHD" or "ESE" in coed classes.