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Thursday, January 8, 2009

Single-sex Ed Could Expand

In northeast Georgia, Barrow County schools are adding more single-gender classes. After seeing success with a pilot program this year at Winder-Barrow Middle School, the superintendent says he is considering starting all-girl and all-boy classes at three other schools. District officials say students in the single-sex classes improved their math scores on the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests, while students from mixed-gender classes did not do as well. About 10 districts in Georgia offer single-gender classes.

(Associated Press)

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