Single-Gender (All Girls School) Research
What Does the Research Show?
The primary focus of Silverleaf Academy of Arts and Sciences is to provide students with a solid educational foundation and an environment that empowers girls to do great things. Research continues to validate and quantify the advantages of single-gender education for girls:
• Girls at single-gender schools exceed their co-ed peers in science, reading and writing.
– University of Michigan Study• Girls enrolled in all-girls schools tend to gain more confidence in themselves.
– University of Virginia Study• They tend to score higher on their College Board and Advanced Placement examinations.
– University of Virginia Study• Graduates from girls’ schools are more than twice as likely to earn doctorates.
– National Coalition of Girls' Schools• Girls at all levels of academic ability and socio-economic status did better in single gender schools than in co-ed schools.
– National Foundation for Educational Research, UK• Girls’ schools provide an environment for intellectual risk-taking free of embarrassment and powerful age-determine notions of popularity, attractiveness or peer pressure.
– National Coalition of Girls' Schools• The benefits of single-sex schools are not only academic. Just as importantly, single-sex education has been shown to broaden students' horizons, to allow them to feel free to explore their own strengths and interests.
– Cambridge University• Girls at single-gender schools were more likely to take non-traditional courses, such advanced math
and physics.
– National Foundation for Educational Research, UK• Students in single-gender schools have a significantly more positive attitude toward learning.
– Australian Council for Educational Research• Girls' schools focus on the distinct learning styles of girls and can respond to the emerging research on female brains.
– National Coalition of Girls' Schools
Online Sources:
http://www.nerf-uk.org/
National Foundation for Educational Research, UK
http://www.acer.edu.au/
Australian Council for Educational Research
http://www.ncgs.org/
The National Coalition of Girls’ Schools
http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/other/single-sex/index.html
University of Michigan Study: Executive Summary
http://www.stcuthberts.school.nz
St. Cuthbert’s College
http://www.singlesexschools.org/
Natinal Association for Single Sex Public Education
If you would like to read further on the topic of single-gender education:
Deak, JoAnn (2002). Girls Will Be Girls. New York, New York: Hyperion.
Salomone, Rosemary (2003). Same, Different, Equal: Rethinking Single-Sex Schooling. New Haven, CT Yale University Press.
Stabiner, Karen (2002). All Girls, Single Sex Education and Why it Matters. Riverhead Books.
