By CBN News, 12/09/2021 The Boys Initiative Executive Director, Vermelle Greene, talks to CBN News about issues concerning boys including school shootings and returning to school during the pandemic. Read the entire article: https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/global-lane?nid=604249
Author: The Boys Initiative
Research sheds light on what’s killing young people, especially boys and young men
By Joanne Silberner – NPR 11/19/2021 “… First, the good news: The death rate among young people around the world has been declining, a new study shows. But boys and young men are not doing as well as girls and young women…” Read the entire article: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/11/19/1055129130/research-sheds-light-on-whats-killing-young-people-especially-boys-and-young-men
There aren’t enough men teaching elementary school. Here’s how we can change that — and why we must.
By Jason Baez – Chalkbeat New York 11/02/2021 “…Moreover, additional male teachers can model for boys, especially boys without fathers or with absent ones, a healthy form of masculinity. I’ve also seen male teachers connect with boys in ways that help them improve academically…” Read the entire article: https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/11/2/22751904/male-elementary-school-teachers
Boys Cry Too
By Groundviews 11/23/2021 “… Boys are often under represented or even ignored in the fight against child sexual exploitation due to the stereotyping of gender traits with males being considered strong and invulnerable and less likely to be victimised or in need of support…” Read the entire article: https://groundviews.org/2021/11/23/boys-cry-too/
Gender, education and dropouts
By The Manila Times 11/30/2021 “…A recent article in the magazine The Atlantic pointed out that US colleges and universities currently enroll six women for every four men, a gender gap that is getting wider with every year…” Read the entire article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/11/30/opinion/columns/gender-education-and-dropouts/1824157
Dangerous Changes Coming for Title IX
By John Schoof – The Heritage Foundation 11/29/2021 “… The Biden administration wants universities to change how they handle sexual assault claims on campuses. The changes would deny accused students their basic rights…” Read the entire article: https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/dangerous-changes-coming-title-ix
Data Exclusive: 75 percent of black California boys don’t meet state reading standards
BY MATT LEVIN MAY 31, 2017 UPDATED JULY 19, 2019 “…Three of four African-American boys in California classrooms failed to meet reading and writing standards on the most recent round of testing, according to data obtained from the state Department of Education and analyzed by CALmatters. https://calmatters.org/education/2017/05/data-exclusive-75-of-black-california-boys-dont-meet-reading-standards/
High rate of suicide among young, African American boys, data shows
By Erica Simon – ABC 13 “…We all know life has taken a toll on Americans in the last 20 months. But there is a group experts say is really going through it – young, Black boys. …” https://abc13.com/houston-health-mental-suicide-rates-among-black-boys-men/11199433/
How Helen M. Todd Saved The Boys, And Our Economy
By William A. Draves and Julie Coates Helen M. Todd saved the boys, and our economy. Her story can, and is likely to, be repeated today. Today, young men are dying by around 50,000 a year from what the CDC terms “Death by Despair.” A primary result of all that death is that the READ MORE
The Essential Key to Black Boys’ Success in Higher Ed
By William A. Draves and Julie Coates The distinguished motivational speaker Forrest Lamb wrote us recently, “Growing up I never knew that I was a ‘Black Boy.’ I was just a boy – my parents’ son. It wasn’t until I left home that I discovered that I was a ‘Black Boy.’ Until then I was READ MORE