Boys will be boys

Okay, I can’t make this fit into Apocalypse Philadelphia. I think it’s worth commenting on nonetheless.

A group in Philadelphia wants to open an all-boys charter school. Some people are angry. I see their point: it’s kind of unfair to open an all-boys school and not an all-girls one. (For his part, David Hardy, the man who wants to open the school, says he’d like to open an all-girls school if his all-boys school is approved.)

But, I mean, come on. There are advantages and disadvantages to same-sex schooling — and I went to an all-boys (private) school myself — but there’s no need to discount it all together, as the people against the school seem to be saying. Ooh, an all-boys school that wants to teach Latin all four years and attempt to get kids into college, let’s fight tooth and nail to stop it!

But, enough with that. Let’s get to my favorite portion in an earlier article on the subject:

When [School Reform] Commissioner Daniel Whelan quizzed [Women's Law Center attorney Terry L. Fromson] as to whether Girls High is unconstitutional, she maintained that the school is de facto all-girls, but “is not restrictive to girls.”

De facto all-girls? Shit. Let’s close it down!

School panel draws fire [DN]
All boys, all girls [Inky]
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