New research says cooties might actually be good for boys.

"Everyone knows by the second grade that boys have germs and girls have cooties. But at least for boys, new research says cooties might actually be good for you.

According to a new study, preschool boys perform better on tests that measure learning and other important skills when they are in classes that have more girls than boys. The pattern doesn't seem to hold for girls, though. For preschool girls, the presence or absence of boys did not affect learning."

Anyone who has worked with groups of children have probably seen the effect of boy-to-girl ratio. This was not surprising information to me, but I had to share!

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