Article: School flirts with single-gender classes: Arrowhead hopes boys would learn, behave better.

Byline: Amy Hetzner

Mar. 8--Town of Merton -- There are differences between Brady Steinbach's technical education class and the other courses he takes as a freshman at Arrowhead High School. More work gets done in that class, for one. It also just happens to be all boys. Steinbach's experience in technical education happened chance. But Arrowhead administrators, concerned about the academic and behavioral problems confronting some of their male students, are exploring whether to try single-sex classes in other subject areas. They are slated to ask the School Board tonight to take the first step toward offering boys- and girls-only science classes on ...

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