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Girls-Only Education

By Hortense M. Barber — October 10, 2006 1 min read
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“The Girls’ School Experience: A Survey of Young Alumnae of Single-Sex Schools” is posted by The National Coalition of Girls’ Schools.

Single-sex schools have many positive benefits, suggests a survey of girls who graduated from girls-only schools.

The survey, conducted by the Concord, Mass.-based National Coalition of Girls’ Schools, found that girls in single-sex educational environments are more confident, have higher career aspirations, and perform better academically than girls in coed schools.

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A version of this article appeared in the October 11, 2006 edition of Education Week

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