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Why All Girls | All in the Data
ALL GIRLS MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
At DSHA, we are dedicated to how girls learn best – in all aspects of who they are. We take girls seriously while they take center stage as leaders in the classroom and beyond – empowered to find and practice using their voices as they become who they are meant to be in the world.
Megan Murphy, Executive Director, National Coalition of Girls’ Schools
My confidence has grown so much since arriving at DSHA. I have had so many opportunities to be a leader in a safe and accepting environment. I've learned to own my voice and speak up in and outside of the classroom. I love the built-in support system and nonjudgmental environment that an all-girls school brings. There are so many opportunities to meet new people and try new things because you are not pressured to look or be a certain way. You can really be yourself. I have tried new things that I'm not sure I would have at a co-ed school — and feel supported in all of it.
THE ALL-GIRLS DIFFERENCE | ALL IN THE DATA
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Girls at all levels of achievement in the single-sex schools receive a…benefit from the single-sex school environment in terms of heightened career aspirations.
Dr. Cary M. Watson, Stanford University, Sex Roles: A Journal of Research
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All-girls’ school grads are 6 times more likely to consider majoring in math, science, and technology compared to girls who attend coed schools.
Goodman Research Group, The Girls’ School Experience: A Survey of Young Alumnae of Single-Sex Schools
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Compared to coed peers, girls’ school grads are 3 times more likely to consider engineering careers.
Dr. Linda Sax, UCLA, Women Graduates of Single-Sex and Coeducational High Schools: Differences in their Characteristics and the Transition to College
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Girls’ school grads on average report greater science self-confidence than coeducated peers in their ability to use technical science skills, understand scientific concepts, generate a research question, explain study results, and determine appropriate.
Dr. Tiffani Riggers-Piehl, University of Kansas City, Missouri, Fostering Academic and Social Engagement: An Investigation into the Effects of All-Girls Education in the Transition to University
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Nearly 87% of all-girls’ school students feel their opinions are respected at their school
(compared to 58% of girls at co-ed schools); they are more likely to experience an environment that welcomes an open and safe exchange of ideas.
Dr. Richard A. Holmgren, Allegheny College, Steeped in Learning: The Student Experience at All-Girls Schools
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Girls at all levels of achievement in the single-sex schools receive a…benefit from the single-sex school environment in terms of heightened career aspirations.
Dr. Cary M. Watson, Stanford University, Sex Roles: A Journal of Research
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More positive academic and behavioral interactions [were observed] between teachers and students in the single-sex schools than in the comparison to coed schools.
U.S. Department of Education, Early Implementation of Public Single-Sex Schools: Perceptions and Characteristics
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The overwhelming majority of girls’ school students strongly agree they feel supported at their schools:
95% feel supported by their teachers (compared to 84% of girls at co-ed schools)
90% report feeling supported by other students (compared to 73% of girls at co-ed schools)
83% feel supports by their school administrations (compared to 63% of girls at co-ed schools)Dr. Richard A. Holmgren, Allegheny College, Steeped in Learning: The Student Experience at All-Girls Schools
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