Coeducate (Verb)
Meaning
Educate persons of both sexes together.
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- The school board decided to coeducate boys and girls in the same classroom to foster a more inclusive learning environment.
- Before the civil rights movement, many institutions refused to coeducate students of different racial backgrounds, let alone sexes.
- These progressive schools coeducate children as young as 5 to promote mutual respect between boys and girls from an early age.
- Parents protested when the school announced it would no longer coeducate, separating students into same-sex classes.
- Proponents argue that the key to social equality is to coeducate boys and girls in a shared, inclusive environment that provides equal opportunities.