Empowering All-Girl Schools In Texas

     On October 02, 2015  Dallas News published an opinionated article called Why Opening Another All-girls School in Dallas ISD Makes Sense where the author discusses the advantages for an all-girls, K-8 campus that will focus on STEM ( Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math)  in East Dallas. According to Mike Koprowski the district chief of transformation and innovation they intend to help young girls be successful in these particular subjects.
     The Author builds credibility when she compares current single-gendered public schools like Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School and Grand Prairie’s Young Women’s Leadership Academy to a regular co-ed school. Most of the students who took reading and math increased their grade by 5-15 percent. Another good point of view that the author makes is that no interaction with boys in schools can lower all the problems that arise from that and can mean a more successful education. One of the cons that they mention in the article is younger girls interacting with the older students in the schools. The author does a good job in presenting clear and specific points of having these type of schools in Texas. This article is persuasive as they state that administrators say the schools create a sense of empowerment and better self-esteem in the girls.
    In my opinion I agree that they have all female schools but why not make all male school and academies as well. We cannot just help and empower girls but boys as well. I believe it should be equal and fair to both genders especially when dealing with education. The author should have focused more on parents who have male students as well as females.