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Why Do So Many Boys Not Care About School?

by PBSParents.org, Posted May 9th 2011 5:00PM

Over the last 40 years, the United States has seen a remarkable change in the academic success of boys and girls. In 1970, 58 percent of college graduates were young men; now close to 60 percent of college graduates are women, and this gender gap ...More and more, it's girls who do well academically and boys who are losing ground.
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Are boys needs being met in school?

by Christina Sbarro, Posted Aug 28th 2008 9:00AM

Today was the first day of school for my district. The kids came tumbling down the hall and into my classroom, grinning and shy and eager..
As I watched take over the pristine room---looking for their cubbies and their desks, and ...
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Are our schools being 'feminized'? If so, does it matter?

by Sarah Gilbert, Posted Jan 18th 2006 8:32PM

When I wrote the other day about watching the documentary, Raising Cain, on PBS, I hadn't seen this article from the Nation on girls in education. Thanks to our resident "granny," Ann Adams, I've now had a chance to think more about the ...
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