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Anonymous
| I think there may be two sides of this issue. One is curriculum and the other is encouragement of girls in math and science. My daughter's middle school was great on the latter, maybe not so great on the former. Now she is at a girls high school which has obvious benefits for encouragement of girls generally. |
Anonymous
| Green Acres, but they are not so much into mastery, as they are interest in science and math. |
Anonymous
| Norwood School is a great place for confidence building. I have two daughters in the grades you are referring to, and they are both confident and doing well in all areas. There is no stereotypical boy's math and science track there. The faculty is amazing and they challenge every student. Another boost for confidence there is that there is no high school so the middle school kids feel really good about themselves and aren't comparing themselves to the high school kids, who to 12 and 13 year olds seem pretty fantastic in every way. |
Anonymous
not 4th-8th grade (or any part thereof) |
Anonymous
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I will second the pp who suggested Nysmith. Friends have a daughter there who just loves it and their math and science programs are outstanding. It is considered a gifted school so there is testing and placement.
As well, SSSAS's MS offers single sex math, science and PE. The Head, Joan Holden, is a Seven Sisters grad and was also just honored as "Top Head" of the private schools in the DC area by the Washington Post this year. |
Anonymous
| I remember on the tour of Maret, they also mentioned separating the boys and girls for math at some age...sorry I don't remember which age group (but probably this middle school age). |
Anonymous
| Alot of schools do some kind of separation during the tween/early teen years. They are considered to be some of the most vulnerable years. Some separate the sexes - others separate them from other parts of the school if they are a K- 12 school. |
Anonymous
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At the risk of looking like a Holton booster, I'll post this link to a presentation on brain research & teaching girls:
http://www.aisgw.org/calendars/detail.aspx?pageaction=ViewSinglePublic&LinkID=3448&ModuleID=250&StartDate=11/18/2009 Don't know anything about the speaker, but it's an AISGW event being held at Holton. |
Anonymous
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Links you might investigate:
http://www.sidwell.edu/parents/parenting-resources/girls-development/index.aspx http://www.sidwell.edu/data/files/gallery/LSAfterSchoolFileGallery/Girls_on_the_Run_Fall_2009_Application.pdf http://www.greenacres.org/ms_mathematics http://www.gds.org/podium/default.aspx?t=125129&rc=0 http://www.gds.org/podium/default.aspx?t=122907&rc=0 I just went to a few coed schools' websites and searched for "girls education" and "girls esteem" to see what they offer. My theory is that the more time/effort a school puts into posting information about these topics, the more interested the school is in promoting them. (Some may criticize that theory, but it's as good a place to start as any.) I was surprised to see that some schools often discussed on these boards appear to have absolutely nothing on their websites about issues confronting girls. I'm not naming names, but if you search their sites, you'll find them. Good luck with your search. |
Anonymous
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Co-ed schools are not going to put that info on their websites. List something for one group and it turns off or alienates the other group which now thinks their sons won't get attention.
The place to ask is when you go to the Open Houses or family tour. |
Anonymous
| I think many of the K-8th schools will give a lot of empowerment to both boys and girls in those years, since they are the "big kids" there who are on top of student council, publications, sports, etc. I've heard many parents say that the best bang for your buck is at the upper grades of these schools. |