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Boston school experiments with single-sex classes
May 9, 2008 12:14 PM
Mario Umana Middle School Academy in East Boston is one of the few public schools in Massachusetts experimenting with single-sex classes as a way to tame raging hormones, refocus students on their studies, and begin addressing a worsening achievement gap between boys and girls. As more school districts around the country look at single-gender classes as a way to improve boys' achievement, a national debate has erupted over the effectiveness of single-sex education.
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