By You Got Class “…Your female students learn differently than your male students. Discover how girls learn. Take away 10 top tips for helping girls learn more, and the 5 tips to help girls succeed more. Then discover how boys learn. Take away 10 top tips for helping boys learn more, and the 5 tips READ MORE
Author: The Boys Initiative
What It Takes to Get Support for a Black Boy With Special Needs
By Taylor Harris – Time, 01/11/2022 “… Around that time, I developed the mental hashtag #NotMyBlackBoy. I would repeat it in my head as I prepared to engage educators who would try to convince me that in Tophs’ case, the bare bones would do. ..With an education gap between races that lingers at the threshold READ MORE
City to tackle plight of Black men, boys with new office
By Tiana Woodward – Boston Globe, 02/03/2022 “…The cheers, claps, and amens of more than 40 Black men and allies filled Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building in Roxbury Thursday morning as Mayor Michelle Wu unveiled the Office for Black Male Advancement, a new entity aimed at addressing the challenges Black men and boys face…” Read READ MORE
Children’s mental health: Huge rise in severe cases, BBC analysis reveals
By Branwen Jeffreys – BBC, 01/04/2022 “…Only those with the most serious mental health problems are referred for specialist care. But schools are reporting a surge in mental health problems below this high threshold, with pupils needing extra support such as counseling…” Read the entire article: https://www.bbc.com/news/education-60197150 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Pandemic family stress leads to sleep problems for boys
By Cal Powell – UGA Today, 01/13/2022 “…University of Georgia researchers have shown elevation in pandemic-related family stress intensified the negative impact of child maltreatment on sleep problems among boys. No significant associations between adverse parenting and sleep were found for girls, suggesting girls showed more resilience in this study…” Read the entire article: https://news.uga.edu/pandemic-family-stress-leads-to-sleep-problems-for-boys/ The READ MORE
Screen Time Linked to Autism Spectrum Disorder in Boys
By HealthDay, 01/31/2022 “…The researchers found that at age 3 years, the prevalence of children with autism spectrum disorder was 392 per 100,000 (0.4 percent) and boys were three times more likely than girls to be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder…” Read the entire article: https://consumer.healthday.com/screen-time-linked-to-autism-spectrum-disorder-in-boys-2656510527.html The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Do ADHD Symptoms Differ in Boys and Girls?
By Heather Jones – Very Well Health, 01/17/2022 “…According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of 2016, approximately 6.1 million children (9.4%) in the United States had an ADHD diagnosis. The rate of diagnosis is higher for boys at 12.9% than for girls at 5.6%…” Read the entire article: https://www.verywellhealth.com/do-adhd-symptoms-differ-in-boys-and-girls-5207995 The Boys READ MORE
Ninth Circuit Allows Accused Male Student To Sue UCLA For Sex Discrimination
By Jennifer C. Braceras – IWF, 01/14/2022 “… In a sweeping victory for students who were unjustly punished by campus Kangaroo courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reversed the decision of a California trial court to dismiss an accused student’s Title IX claim against the University of California Los READ MORE
Screen Time Linked to Autism Spectrum Disorder in Boys
By Consumer Health Day, 01/31/2022 “…Compared with no screen time, one hour or more of screen time at age 1 year linked to significantly increased odds of ASD at age 3 years…” Read the entire article: https://consumer.healthday.com/screen-time-linked-to-autism-spectrum-disorder-in-boys-2656510527.html The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Boston Public Schools should go into receivership
By Roger Lowenstein – Boston Globe, 01/17/2022 “…The argument for receivership is that the status quo — dismal test scores, rampant absenteeism, organizational morass, and deeply deficient outcomes for Black and brown students — is unacceptable…” Read the entire article: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/17/opinion/boston-public-schools-should-go-into-receivership/?et_rid=739028532&s_campaign=globesmostpopular:newsletter&et_rid=739028532&s_campaign=globesmostpopular:newsletter The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org