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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Main Author: Whitmire, Richard (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: New York : American Management Association , c2012
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505 0 |a 1. Discovering the problem -- 2. The reason for the boy troubles : faltering literacy skills -- 3. The likely causes of the reading lapses -- 4. The writing failures -- 5. The blame game : what gets blamed (unfairly) for the gender gaps -- 6. Solutions : what works for boys? -- 7. Impediments to a solution : the ideological stalemate -- 8. The international story : Australians struggle with the boy troubles -- 9. Why these gender gaps matter -- 10. Actions that need to be taken 
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