NYT Upfront - "Should public schools offer single-sex education?"

The number of single-sex classrooms in public schools is growing; there are now more than 400

YES
For more than 100 years, some of the nation's finest private schools have experienced the benefits of single-sex education. It's time to make this choice broadly available in our public schools...

—Kathy Piechura-Couture 

Prof. of Education, Stetson University, Deland, Fla.

NO
Single-sex education is not the answer to the challenges facing public schools.

First and foremost, we believe that creating separate classes for girls and boys violates the Constitution as well as federal and state laws designed to guarantee that all public-school students are offered equal opportunities...

—Kim Gandy
President, National Organization for Women