By Daily Mail 03/16/2021 “… Pollution from industries like coal mining and metal works may be causing more boys to be born with their testicles in the wrong place, a study has warned…” Read the entire article: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9368373/Health-Pollution-rising-number-boys-born-undescended-testicles.html The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
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Special education can leave undeserved stigma
By HMB Review 03/03/2021 “… Our school was fortunate to have an extraordinary male school psychologist who was very careful about not agreeing with female teachers (always female) who said that Latino boys needed special ed…” Read the entire article: https://www.hmbreview.com/opinion/matters_of_opinion/special-education-can-leave-undeserved-stigma/article_d007a542-7c4f-11eb-91c6-7be0732c606f.html The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Male advocacy group files legal complaint against Pacific Science Center for girl-specific programs
By Seattle Weekly 03/12/2021 “… The Global Initiative for Boys and Men has filed a legal complaint against the Pacific Science Center for offering girls-specific educational programming but not boys-specific programs…” Read the entire article: https://www.seattleweekly.com/news/male-advocacy-group-files-legal-complaint-against-pacific-science-center-for-girl-specific-programs/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
The Virtual Black Boys and Men Speaker Series
By Bowie State 03/17/2021 “… The program theme is Centering Black Boys and Men During a Global Pandemic. We will be prioritizing and humanizing Black boys’ and men’s experiences throughout the K-12 and collegiate pipeline during the coronavirus pandemic for teachers, administrators, professors, instructional support staff, stakeholders, and families. …” Read the entire article: https://www.bowiestate.edu/calendar/index.php?eID=2963 The READ MORE
Dr. Warren Farrell: Why Biden’s New Gender Policy Council Is Sexist | American Thought Leaders
By Dr. Warren Farrell 03/13/2021 “…Boys are four times as likely to commit suicide than girls between the ages of 15 and 19. They’re also significantly more likely to drop out of school, become homeless, and end up in prison, says Dr. Warren Farrell. …” Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB4BEqUXOkk The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
How Negative Stereotypes About Boys Affect Their Academics And Health
By CBS Pittsburgh 03/2/2021 “… “To Raise a Boy” is a searing investigation into how we teach boys to be men—and how we can do better. In this special selection from the book, Brown underscores why it’s vital to encourage healthy relationships to academics for boys and dismantle negative stereotypes about them and their academic READ MORE
White House’s New Gender Policy Council Excludes Boys and Men
By Erika Sanzi 03/03/2021 “… The Biden administration recently announced plans to form a “gender policy council”but there’s a catch—boys and men are excluded. Perhaps a better way to convey how bonkers this is to say that HALF the population will be left out, by design. …” Read the entire article: https://sanzi.substack.com/p/white-houses-new-gender-policy-council The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
21-year-old to open new school in Albany, will teach boys about life
By WALB News 10 03/02/2021 “… Doing different workshops teaching young men how to do different skill trades, we’re also doing a book club and teaching them how to read because 93 percent of the children I come into contact with can’t read. But now we have an 86 percent reading comprehension rate,” explained Randall…” READ MORE
Dr. Greene Talks About The Future Of Children After This School Year
By KCOL 03/05/2021 “… Will America Have a Generation of Lost Children if children don’t return to school and teachers refuse to teach? Dr. Vermelle Greene comes on the show to explain. …” Read the entire article: https://600kcol.iheart.com/featured/kcol-morning-s-with-jimmy-lakey/content/2021-03-05-dr-greene-talks-about-the-future-of-children-after-this-school-year/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Boys have unique learning mechanisms
By Jamaica Gleaner 02/13/2021 “… Boys engage learning much more easily within practical methodologies, which distinguishes them from girls who embrace more audible listening with a calmer less aggressive persona in learning. This culminates in how girls will learn better in things like languages and other aspects of learning, like online teaching which doesn’t come READ MORE