Pitying Boys, Black Flight, and Watching

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Teacher Magazine ’s take on education news from around the Web, Jan. 26-Feb. 1.

You might call it the last frontier of discrimination. Decades after courts ordered schools to racially desegregate, and years after studies found that girls often get less teacher attention than boys, it seems the less-fair sex has been treated less than fairly. Or so a Massachusetts high school senior is claiming. According to 17-year-old Doug Anglin’s filing with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, Milton High School discriminates against boys by making it easier for girls to succeed academically . "The system is designed to the disadvantage of males," says the student, whose lawyer father wrote the complaint for him. "From the elementary level, they establish a philosophy that if you sit down, follow orders, and listen to what they say, you'll do well and get good grades. Men...