Single-sex schools remain a small but distinct segment of the K-12 independent school sector, and they may be slowly coming back into favor among public schools as well, as administrators seek to lift the academic achievements of groups such as black and Latino boys and young men. In Washington, D.C., a new contender is Ron Brown College Preparatory High School, which in its first year has about 100 freshmen (it will expand to other grades in future years). One of only a few dozen single-sex public high schools in the country, Ron Brown has a coat-and-tie dress code and emphasizes leadership and communal uplifting. "We've created a safe space to do things that most young men don't, regardless of race, which is to express emotion, express feelings, express pain," said Ben Williams, the school's principal.
Washington Post (02/19/2017)
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