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The gender gaps in the U.K. seem roughly equivalent to what we're seeing here. The difference is the extent of the awareness. Overseas, the story makes regular appearances in the news. Here, the subject is still considered somewhat exotic -- and controversial. The latest from England: Figures publ... Read Full Post >
Interesting piece in Time about worries in France about boys falling behind in school. Is it due to the disappearing male teacher? Like other western countries, France has seen an increasing feminization of education over the past 60 years. The rate of women teachers in primary schools went from 65... Read Full Post >
Interesting insight behind the recent test results there, which showed a broadening academic gender gap. The national test had been reconfigured in ways that should have helped boys -- but didn't. Read Full Post >
That's the case in Britain, as girls push even further ahead on national tests. From the BBC article: Boys dropped further behind girls at the top grade, with just 19.6% of their exam entries awarded A* or A, compared with 26.5% for girls. Last year there was a difference of 5.7 percentage point... Read Full Post >
Results from England's national test. Read Full Post >
Discussions about boys falling behind. Is it because schools ignore the fact boys learn differently? If that's the issue, then when did schools shift to teaching in ways that favor girls? Read Full Post >
If you want to achieve the nation's higher education goals you have to look at boosting the performance of boys. Australians are far ahead of Americans in looking at their K-12 gender gap problems, but not enough to matter in the ultimate outcomes. Read Full Post >
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...who happen to look a lot like the lost boys of the United States: According to the 1971 census, they report, 68 per cent of 25- to 29-year-old university graduates were male. Ten years later, 54 per cent were male and by 1991, the number was down to 51 per cent. By 2001, only 42 per cent of univ... Read Full Post >
Interestingly, math seems to be the issue. Read Full Post >
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