An article in the New York Times Magazine, "Teaching Boys and Girls Separately," discusses a new trend of all-girl and all-boy classrooms in public schools.

Theorist and author Leonard Sax convinces parents that single-sex education is the way to go, based on differences in biology of the sexes. He adjusts wall colors and volume of teaching according to gender. He assumes boys love action while girls love color and nuance.

He holds up Foley Intermediate, a school in Foley, Ala., as a great example of success. The article describes how the boys' teacher reads Gary Paulsen's "Hatchet" while the girls sing "Always Sisters" and experiment with how oil and water don't mix, much like the grease floats on top of the water when doing dishes.

The author of the article explores the problems of teaching based on gender and how segregation may develop into unequal teaching. She ends on the discussion that co-ed education helps develop a sense of tolerance and community -- essentially, social skills.

For me personally, I loved reading the "Hatchet" in elementary school and I would have hated to miss that because my gender says I like something different.

Sure, experiment with teaching styles. Single-sex education has worked for many in private schools. But I'm a little afraid of a gender-based curriculum.

What are your thoughts?