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To be honest, in general, I've found more well-adjusted adults coming from coed schools in the last 15-20 years. From a standpoint of better adjustment to social interactions and behaviour. Though, this doesn't decouple from other variables (online interactions, etc.).
Does it affect them academically? I haven't seen evidence to support the idea that they'll get so distracted by the other gender that it hurts their academic performance.
e.g. there's no discernible difference in the top performing schools academically in the last 10-20 years. Of the consistent top schools you have 1 all boys (North Sydney Boys), 1 all girls (North Sydney Girls), and two coed schools (James Ruse and Baulkham Hills). They've been consistently in the top 10 for at least 10-15 years (Ruse and Baulko for much longer).
The other schools between ranks 5-40 shuffle around a lot more each year, but are pretty mixed too with respect to the gender demographics).
If anything the determining factor are:
1. Selective school.
2. Top end private school.
https://projectacademy.nsw.edu.au/guides/hsc-school-rankings-2023/
I feel the same way. I have a teenage son and I can say he's done significantly better in school than I think he would distracted by girls every day. I also think he's made more beneficial and genuine friendships.
Long term benefit from this however is that we see less instances of the behaviours that have brought this conversation to light (SHORE/KNOX)
At the end of the day it comes up to individual parents' decisions in understanding the school system that's going to maximally benefit their child's education.
For some it'll be coed for others it won't.
For some it'll be religion specific schools for others it won't.
I think it’s a step in the right direction of being inclusive and having cross gender friendships and avoiding the issues we’ve seen at Shore and other single sex environments. I went to a single sex school and it can be a very toxic environment for boys and girls and they grow up with mainly friends of a single gender. This stays with them throughout life. It manifests itself in the workforce later in life and kids who have siblings of a different gender or friends of a different gender are forced to go to a different school. I live in the area where the vote is going through to make mackellar and Balgowlah boys co-ed and view it as a step in the right direction. Hopefully other parents vote that way also.