Originally Posted by bronxmom
--The second is that boys often thrive on competition-- competition IS a motivator. Competition has been removed from much of children's experience, especially in school, in favor of an "everybody wins" mentality. Many successful boys' schools divide the class into two meaningless "teams"--red and white-- at the beginning of the year, and frame almost everything into a meaningless competition between the teams-- to keep the boys engaged.

My son�s all boys� school has a house system (multi-grade, like Hogwarts). The boys compete against other houses for everything from G.P.A. to cans collected for a food drive.

I wasn�t sure about the idea previously, but since my kids began this year, I have become a big fan of single gender education.