this is the Education Report.Should girls go to school only with other girls?Is it better for boys to attend all boys schools?Educators at school for girls in Washington D.C.believe children in classes of the same sex do better,but other experts say there is no real evidenceto support that idea.They believe there are other more important thingsthat make a school effective.Excel Academy is the first all-girl schoolin Washington, D.C. that is independently operatedand supported by taxpayers.It was established in 2007 and opened its doors in 2008.One of its students is Anyreah Clavijo who is 10 years old.Anyreah attended kindergarten in a classroom with boys.She says boys have different interests than girls.She has now been at Excelfor the last five years and praises it."They would like support me and tell me that I can do it.They make me feel like I'm lovedand that I'm the smartest person in the world," Anyreah said.The Excel Academy provides free education to childrenfrom families without much money.It serves more than 600 girls from preschool,the youngest children to grade five.Three meals are served each day.Kaye Savage established the schooland leads it as its chief executive officer.She says that when boys and girls are taught together,the teachers teach for the boys.She says boys are a little louderand much more active than the girls.In her opinion, that makes girls second-class citizensin their own classrooms and schools.But Galen Sherwin at the American Civil Liberties Union,the ACLU, disagrees.She says the ACLU thinks that the evidence, in her words,is not really there to support claimsthat same sex classrooms produce better results."Similarities between boys and girls are much greaterand more relevant than any differences.Certainly any differences that exist are not relevantfrom an educational standpoint," Sherwin said.Elaine Weiss is an education expertat the Economic Policy Institute.She believes other considerations besides same sex classeshave a bigger effect on children success in school.Ms. Weiss says everything that happensin children's early development is important.This includes how their mother's age and felt during pregnancy,and she asks did the child attend a pre-kindergarten programto help get ready for school."They start for example in pre-school,so they're addressing some of that early gapbefore kids get to kindergarten.They keep their classes relatively small,so that teachers can have a one-on-one conversationand interaction with students.They have enriching after-school opportunities," Weiss said.And Anyreah Clavijo is not sureif she will always attend an all-girl program,but she is happy where she is.And that's the VOA Learning English Education Report.更多听力请访问51voa.com