Talking Points 7: The Pseudoscience of Single-Sex Schooling

  "In attempting to improve schools, it is critical to remember that not all reforms lead to meaningful gains for students. We argue that one change in particular—sex-segregated education—is deeply misguided, and often justified by weak, cherrypicked,

or misconstrued scientific claims rather than by valid scientific evidence. There is no well-designed research showing that single-sex (SS) education improves students’ academic performance, but there is evidence that sex segregation increases

gender stereotyping and legitimizes institutional sexism."


"Single-sex schooling lacks scientific

support and may exaggerate sexism and

gender stereotyping."
http://www.psy.utexas.edu/psy/announcements/pdf/BiglerScience2011.pdf