I'm not talking about girls or boys only schools here. This NYT article discusses the move to separate girls and boys in coeducational institutions. One of the motivators seems to be improving test scores, but I must press for more. Certainly, there were/are arguments to be made about the ways in which children and young adults are treated differently in the classroom due to gender/gendered performances, but this move to segregated learning environs seems much less critical in terms of addressing issues with teacher training and gender socialization. I'm not sold on the reification of heteronormativity or the ever-present gendered norms, either.
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