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The grade gender gaps are driving in part by homework. In short, girls do it, and do it well. Boys ... not so much. The Times describes one solution -- at rates as much as $100 an hour. Okay, this may be more of a Manhattan solution. Read Full Post >
Here's how they handle the dilemma Illinois style. Read Full Post >
Frankly, I don't buy it, but you can read all about it here. To me, homework is a symptom, not a cause. Read Full Post >
Thanks to reader Scott Steinbrecker for pointing out this Atlantic piece on the changing economic relationships between men and women. Once again, the focus is on the economy, rather than education gender gaps -- the factor I believe will propel this development into the future. Read Full Post >
Gawker serves as the vehicle for the complaints from some of the students quoted in the Times story about the dating dilemma on campuses where the female population reaches 60 percent. I blogged on that and linked my reporting on the situation, based on a visit to Virginia's James Madison University... Read Full Post >
That's what I hear from boys, who in many cases do their homework but never bother turning it in. Sometimes they forget; other times they just think it's cooler to not turn it in. Now there's a new book about straightening out the disorganized lives of boys, That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week.... Read Full Post >
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