Single-sex schooling, is it actually a better learning environment for students? For years, educators have searched for better and more effective ways of teaching students. Their efforts have resulted in the specialization of lessons according to the specific needs of different students. Students now have specific classes if they are dyslexic, special instruction is they are visual learners, and many other diverse teaching methods. I believe that grouping young students according to sex provides a better learning environment, and is more favorable to group cohesiveness. In fact, every student should have the opportunity to enroll in a single gender school.
             First, there seems to be less distraction while learning in a single gender school. Many people have noticed that many junior high school and high school students choose to wear clothes that make them more appealing to the opposite sex. Most people see talk shows everyday, where a teenager explains that they dress the way they do so they can be noticed and admired. They worry on matters that have nothing to do with school, while they are at school. A majority of students "dress to impress." They do this in order to be popular, yet another matter useless in a learning environment. Students seem to be at school to socialize, and flirt with the opposite gender. While in a single gender school, how the student dresses seems to be unimportant because there is no one to impress. They think that since the opposite sex is there, it is the perfect time to have girlfriends or boyfriends and ask or be asked out on dates. This would be impossible at single gender schooling. Single-sex schooling allows a student to focus more on the task at hand, which should be learning.
             Some critics argue that single-sex schools attract students from wealthy families. They suggest that the superior performance of students in these schools might be due to the environment fr
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