All-Girls Boarding Schools

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During most of human history, families sacrificed to educate their sons, but not their daughters. The majority of girls simply did not go to school, much less college or boarding schools. For example, Harvard University was founded in 1639 as a college for men. Women tried to gain admittance for 250 years and finally founded a sister institution, Radcliffe College, in 1889. When Harvard began admitting women in 1973, Radcliffe lost out and eventually merged into Harvard.

This pattern holds true for many all-girls schools. In the 1960s and 1970s, women worked to gain admittance not only into all-male universities like Harvard, Yale, and Princeton but also into all-boy boarding schools with prestigious reputations. The thinking was that all-girls schools and institutions were somehow "second-class."

Today many feminist scholars are rethinking that position. Important new phone number data proved that all-girls schools not only do an equal job of educating girls, but a better one. Researchers in the field of education have demonstrated repeatedly that by segregating the , both males and females learn more and perform better on their standardized examinations.

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New scientific research using brain scans and other technology is demonstrating that girls learn differently than boys because their brain structure is different. Girls have the ability to think both emotionally and logically at the same time. They mature earlier than boys do, and are ready for higher-level work at an earlier age.

At an all-girls school, teachers educate in a "girl-friendly" way. This is particularly important in mathematics and science. Girls in single schools are more likely to take higher-level courses and major in math and science than those at co-ed schools. They are more likely to pursue traditionally male careers like engineering.

Girls recite more in all-girls classes. They assume all the leadership roles in the school, whether it's captain of the baseball team or editor of the school newspaper. They have more female role models in their lives. They tend to act in less stereotypically ways – for example, girls enrolled in single-schools are more likely to participate more in sports and less likely to become obsessed by their appearances.