...much of the pessimism about young males seems to derive from inadequate research, sloppy analysis and discomfort with the fact that although the average boy is doing better, the average girl has gotten ahead of him.To solve this perceived problem, some conservative activists are working to enforce gender segregation in the public school system. And we're not just talking about flaky optional programs here--we're talking about mandatory, across-the-board gender segregated schooling in some areas.
"The real story is not bad news about boys doing worse," the report says, "it's good news about girls doing better.
But one of those areas won't be in Lousiana's Livingston Parish School District, which has backed down on its proposed mandatory gender segregation plan after the threat of legal action from the ACLU.
Proponents of these plans like to say that the girls' programs will be just as well equipped as the boys' programs--that boys' and girls' educational experiences will be separate, but equal. Hey, didn't we try something like that before at one point...? Anyone remember how it turned out?
