Why coeducation is so fraught in Australia
When Newington College announced its decision to go coed, borderline hysteria ensued. The question is why.
The reaction when another all-boys school – Newington College in Sydney’s inner west this time – called time and announced its decision to become coeducational has been, well, borderline hysterical.
Hundreds of column centimetres and talk-back hours have been devoted to the issue, just as it was last year when Cranbrook in Sydney’s east announced its decision to let girls through the front door.
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