My Telegraph column: Why single-sex schooling is the best option for girls http://bit.ly/1RfJ6Kw
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@JuliaHB1@allisonpearson I would add that son's school has lessons 35 mins as boys attention span shorter.son loves school for first time -
@Doddster10@allisonpearson yes, key difference
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@JuliaHB1@allisonpearson Might be why Ireland is so good at having women in science relative to country size, girls only schls still normThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@JuliaHB1@allisonpearson That makes it better for boys too.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@JuliaHB1@allisonpearson Whether that is true or not, single sex education is still at best divisive. Plurality and togetherness prefered.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@JuliaHB1@allisonpearson That sounds like a bad school w teachers who can't be bothered..not true of my girl's school, or my old school.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@JuliaHB1@allisonpearson Not at the mixed school I went to. Everyone did the practicals. What sort of school lets some kids avoid them?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@JuliaHB1@allisonpearson I'm more concern about the disastrous results for boys in mixed schools...in 10 years time we'll be saying why...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@JuliaHB1@allisonpearson both my children attend single sex grammar schools, both enjoy school and are doing well.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@JuliaHB1@allisonpearson all depends on the school, the head and the individual... Can't generalise...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@JuliaHB1@adelegeras@allisonpearson Just read this out to my 28 yo son who went to a mixed comp. He shook his head. 'Not in our day.' - End of conversation
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@JuliaHB1@allisonpearson and in a boys school, the girls ARE the experimentThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@JuliaHB1@allisonpearson So to make this work. Brothers and sisters would all go to different schools.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@JuliaHB1@allisonpearson the mixed schools must have been substandard for that to have happened. I wonder what she did about them.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@JuliaHB1@allisonpearson interestingly, in the Arts subjects, it tends to be the exact opposite. The girls tend to lead, the boys hold backThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@JuliaHB1@RoundLike@allisonpearson If you have mixed showers in PhysEd, everyone will experiment! LOL!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@JuliaHB1@richardcalhoun@allisonpearson I only left school 6-7 years ago. Mixed school - girls done experiments.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@JuliaHB1@richardcalhoun@allisonpe girls done their own experiments at the mixed school I attendedThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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