By ED Week 02/13/2018 “… My 15-year-old son has been dubbed a “slow processer”—the kind of kid who tends to stare out the window during class as he gathers his thoughts or daydreams. His reading has hovered slightly below grade level since teachers began assessing it. His organizational habits are less than stellar: Homework assignments, school READ MORE
Category: Advocacy for Boys
Concern over teen boys increasing use of unregulated protein supplements
By 3 AW on 01/31/2017 “… An estimated 60 per cent of adolescent boys are dissatisfied with their bodies, and they are increasingly turning to the use of unregulated supplements and steroids. A new high school education program, Three Dimensions Project, is targeting adolescent boys in a bid to decrease supplement use. …” Read the entire article: https://www.3aw.com.au/concern-over-teen-boys-increasing-use-of-unregulated-protein-supplements/ READ MORE
Plastic chemical linked to male infertility in majority of teenagers, study suggests
By Telegraph on 02/04/2018 “… The chemical known as Bisphenol A can be found in in plastic containers and water bottles, till receipts, on the inside of cans and bottle tops and in plastic packaging and tubing, and has similarities to female sex hormone oestrogen. …” Read the entire article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/04/plastic-chemical-linked-male-infertility-majority-teenagers/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Is your child at risk of brain injury from playing football or rugby?
By The Guardian on 02/05/2018 “… Since the case of Jeff Astle, the former West Bromwich Albion footballer who died of a degenerative brain disease in 2002, the potential risks of heading have come under intensive scrutiny. The coroner cited “industrial disease” as the cause of Astle’s death. At about the same time, Bennet Omalu, the forensic READ MORE
Doctoral students start book club to inspire boys of color to love reading
By The GW Hatchet on 01/29/2018 “… Principal Mary Ann Stinson and Assistant Principal Michael Redmond started a book club for minority boys that initiated a wave of book clubs to start across the Truesdell Education Campus earlier this year. The clubs have flooded the public school in Petworth with a renewed love of reading. The school READ MORE
Teen pregnancies decline
By News Press Now on 01/29/2018 “… The YWCA also offers a program for teen parents called Healthy Teen Parents/Health Babies. McChristy thinks sex education is a big part of the declining rate of teen pregnancies. “I have not seen anyone who has gone through those programs (Choices and Decisions) in my program, the Healthy Teen/Healthy READ MORE
A False Accusation and Unfair Investigation Derailed This Student Athlete’s Life
By Reason on 01/18/2018 “… In 2014, a white female student at the University of Findlay accused two black athletes of sexually assaulting her. The university expelled the two men—a basketball player and a football player—24 hours later, without bothering to interview witnesses who would have contradicted the accusation. …” Read the entire article: https://reason.com/blog/2018/01/18/a-false-accusation-and-an-unfair-investi The Boys READ MORE
These kids started a book club for minority boys. It’s the most popular club in school.
By The Washington Post on 01/21/2018 “… “The books that we read here, we can relate to,” 11-year-old Devon Wesley said. The book club has finally allowed Devon to encounter black characters who look like him. The club dates back to December, when a fifth-grader complained one morning that his lackluster results on a citywide English exam READ MORE
Men, boys and mental health
The Coast on 01/11/2018 “… “Someone hurt me…I am struggling to survive…I need help.” This experience became a catalyst for a deeper insight and motivation for change. It’s a “therapeutic technique” I could not have made up in an office. …” Read the entire article: https://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/men-boys-and-mental-health/Content?oid=12025820 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Year in Review: Ten Things We Learned About the Education of Black Males in 2017
By Huffpost on 12/26/2017 “… The year 2017 represented an upswing in the nation’s focus on Black males in education. While the Obama administration’s My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) initiative had helped to raise greater awareness about issues facing Black men (and other men of color), the election of President Trump and the pursuant end to MBK READ MORE