For all the differences between the sexes, here's one that might stir up debate in the teacher's lounge: Boys learn more from men and girls learn more from women.
That's the upshot of a provocative study by Thomas Dee, an associate professor of economics at Swarthmore College and visiting scholar at Stanford University.
Especially in our modern world of latch-key kids and Hollywood exploitation of their prurience, same-sex schooling may be a valuable tool for better education and more forward-looking behavior.
This would be more believable, if it was a professor of psychology. I do agree with you, that gender has a great affect on learning skills.
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