How to Choose the Right School for Your Child : Parents are often divided on the issue of single-sex versus mixed-sex schools. Advocates of single-sex schooling claim that when girls are educated separately they learn in a less challenging environment and when boys are educated separately, they may be in a more active environment. Those who advocate mixed schools tend to see it as a healthier, more natural option, believing that boys and girls draw on each others’ strengths and develop a better understanding of each other. Research examining the benefits of single-sex versus mixed schooling has generally focused on older children rather than children starting school and it has…