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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've looked into the available online sources of peer reviewed research on same sex schools k-12. A careful reading seems to show boys benefit academically from early years boys only school, while girls benefit academically from girls only school in later years.  The most discussed options on this forum have it backwards.

Does seem clear to me (male) that removing girls from ongoing everyday allday contact with a boy can only heighten the tendency to judge women only by appearance in early adulthood.  Some will say that's already preordained, but really, it seems far more complex dance.

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This is my perspective as the parent of two ES girls, one in 1st and the other in 3rd:

My dds come home daily complaining about how disruptive the boys are in class. They are more rambunctious, demand more discipline, etc. I think this is just a reality of younger grade school. Sometimes I wish my girls were in an all-girl school. That's the issue more than self-image. The girls are better prepared to learn, more cooperative, and generally better students.

At some point this shifts, I think. Boys become more focused. Girls, already accustomed to the attention bestowed upon boys for bad reasons (discipline) continue to be meek while the boys come to dominate classroom dynamics in other ways.

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