The Case for Coeducation From: The Washington Post | Date: August 6, 1989| Author: Earl G. Harrison Jr. | Copyright 1989 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

THOMAS W. SIDWELL, the first headmaster of the Sidwell Friends School, knew in September 1883 that he had to defend coeducation when he welcomed 11 boys and girls to a new Quaker school at 1811 I St. NW, but he had no way of anticipating that a century later that issues surrounding coeducation would still be on the front burner in private education.

School closings and mergers make headlines and the media pay attention to single-sex schools that elect to go "coed." But a less visible...

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