Same Sex vs. Co-Ed Schools

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Single sex schools are schools solely meant for females only or males only. On most occasions, single sex schools are private schools where parents pay for their child to go to these schools, whereas public schools are much different. Public schools are open to the public for free. In addition to being free for students, public schools do not discriminate against gender, meaning they are a mixed gender school. Since they’re privately funded, the facility and school environment is at a higher standard than those in a public school. Even though single sex schools proclaimed to make students more conceited, they have a good impact on the students that attend them. The quality of the environment is higher, the quality of the learning experience is more diverse, and there are no influences and distractions from the opposite sex. Public schools are government funded; funds that are put into a national budget which is then split into dozens of different subcategories, including public education. Because the budget is being split up into many different categories, a very small amount of the budget is given to public schools. Which in turn, must be split up to hundreds on hundreds of public schools across the nation. With such little funding going to each public school, they are very conservative on what they spend their money on. Thus, public school students do not always have the best materials to learn from. Students that attend single sex schools are funded by their parents. Since a great deal of money is being poured into their child’s education, parents expect the school’s environment to be placed on a higher scale than public schools. These private schools have a much larger budget than public schools. Whatever is being put in by the parents, a good majority does not leave the school. Instead, single sex schools draw from their large budget to enhance their students’
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