Are single-sex schools better than co-ed schools?

Derby (UK)

Since boys' success at school is steadily declining, and fewer boys than girls are surviving the educational system, it would be good to see a school buck that trend. It would be even better if the boys' class had a male teacher, male teachers being uncommon in elementary schools, where female teachers predominate.

Dominican children learning in a classroom in Abreu, next to Playa Grande, 120 km east of Puerto Plata on April 12, 2010. [Photo/IC]