Boys
Read more about the experiences of boys in schools
For Too Many Boys, School Isn’t Working. Solutions Are in Reach
A special reporting project explores why boys, overall, are doing worse in school than girls—and what can be done to reverse the trend.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Boy Troubles British Style
In Britain, the concern is always with poor white boys. Frankly, if we ever dug into the data in this country (which is nearly impossible to do, because the data systems are designed to track by race/ethnicity) we'd find the same. But here, nobody's paying attention to what's happening to white boys from blue collar families.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
About Chicago's Urban Prep ...
Urban Prep sounds like a huge success story, and I have no doubt it is. But as for their claim of sending 100 percent of their graduates to college, that has to be put in perspective, as Stephanie Banchero does in the Wall Street Journal:
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Most Popular? Who Knew?
I was cruising through links today and ended up on the Education Next site where I noticed a "most popular" list of linked articles. At the top was the boys debate I had with Susan Bailey, executive director of the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College, who was principal author of the 1992 AAUW report How Schools Shortchange Girls.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Liberal Skepticism on Black Male Charters
Interesting debate here. If regular public schools were doing 'right' by black males, I could see the merit in their objections. But these urban all-boys charters are turning into lifesavers for black males.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Boys' 'Self Esteem' Problems?
I have to take issue with this Daily Beast article. Boys have plenty of self esteem; they just choose to invest that confidence in activities other than school.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Five Point Plan for Helping Boys
Toronto's Globe & Mail wraps up its six-part series on the boy troubles with an editorial listing five steps that could help boys. This is the most impressive project newspaper project I've ever seen on the issue. If The New York Times or Wall Street Journal ever did the same in this country, policy would change.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
One of Two WBF Speeches in San Francisco
The auditorium at Santa Rosa Community College was full for this event.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
The 'Masculinity' Debate
Newsweek takes a look at the campus gender gaps and dips heavily into the what-it-means-to-be-a-man debate, which has always made me a little uncomfortable.
