Gender Lines; The number of same-sex classes in public schools is on the rise, but is it fair and legal? Abimbola Ishola reports.

Byline: Ishola Abimbola

Last summer, thirteen-year-old Michelle Selden wasnit thrilled when her coed public middle school in Louisiana announced it would intro-duce mandatory same-sex classes the following fall. I donit think that having boys in class has made it hard for me to learn,I she said in a pub-lic statement. I think boys and girls should be treated the same way by teachers, and itis unfair for girls to be taught one way and boys to be taught another.I

With the help of the American Civil -Liberties Union (ACLU), the eighth-grader sued her school. And through the protection of Title IXoa federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in …