Why boys fail [ saving our sons from an educational system that's leaving them behind
The signs and statistics are undeniable: boys are falling behind in school. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the biggest culprits are not video games, pop culture, or female-dominated schools biased toward girls. The real problem is that boys have been thrust into a bewildering new school environmen...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
American Management Association ,
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| Summary: | The signs and statistics are undeniable: boys are falling behind in school. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the biggest culprits are not video games, pop culture, or female-dominated schools biased toward girls. The real problem is that boys have been thrust into a bewildering new school environment that demands high-level reading and writing skills long before they are capable of handling them. Lacking the ability to compete, boys fall farther and farther behind. Eventually, the problem gets pushed into college, where close to 60% of the graduates are women. In a time when even cops, constru |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: 2010. With new introduction; original foreword by Michelle Rhee omitted from pbk. ed |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 239 p.) : ill |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-227) and index |
| ISBN: | 0814415342 0814420176 0814420362 (e-book) 9780814415344 9780814420171 9780814420362 (e-book) |