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[quote=Anonymous]We have a DD in a single sex school. We were never considering private until at least middle school. When we realized there were certain social emotional challenges that impacted her confidence and attitude about learning, we only considered a move to single sex. DD was enthusiastic about the opportunity. In a matter of weeks, DD was more confident and engaged in learning. DD now can articulate that she knows she was not bullied intentionally but it was difficult to be around boys both in respecting personal space, being loud and rowdy outside of recess and physical Ed, and interrupting during learning. Through our process of applying I was blown away by the alumni panels explaining the level of confidence they have from single sex education for learning and leading in college and career. My opinion is my kids are in co-Ed sports and extracurriculars. In school there’s intentional learning about women’s contributions to the world. I believe that the single sex environment will ultimately help them thrive while young and vulnerable (along with very strong parenting of course). I can’t ever say it’s better for everyone. For us I know it is. There’s data about teacher implicit bias toward boys and white students. But I would not just rely on research. We were strongly seeking single sex so it was easy for us. I can say many of the parents I spoke to were female at a single sex school and get strongly their DD would be in single sex. This boosted confidence in our choice, but the biggest factor was DDs strong interest in the opportunity. [/quote]

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