By WBTV 02/01/2021 “… The toughest of calls for parents. Remote learning isn’t working for their kids & material isn’t sticking. So many are choosing or considering a repeat year for their kids. …” Read the entire article: https://www.wbtv.com/2021/02/02/parents-consider-holding-children-back-after-struggling-through-remote-learning/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Category: Education of Boys
Physical education classes will cure boys of ‘feminisation’, say Chinese
By The Australian 02/01/2021 “… The “feminisation” of young men can be stopped by improving physical education in schools, China’s education ministry has claimed, prompting a fierce debate over gender stereotyping. …” Read the entire article: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/the-times/physical-education-classes-will-cure-boys-of-feminisation-say-chinese/news-story/1e6e6c5a56dbd1368649c8424a9a1e39 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Teenage boys more likely to struggle with remote learning than girls, MPs told
By Evening Express 01/26/2021 “… Remote learning is a “real concern” as boys are likely to be at a greater disadvantage as they are not used to sitting in front of a computer to study, the founder of a male mentoring service for boys has said. …” Read the entire article: https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/uk/teenage-boys-more-likely-to-struggle-with-remote-learning-than-girls-mps-told/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
The COVID Slide: Inequality And Pandemic Learning Loss
By GHB 01/21/2021 “… But as many students enter the one-year mark of learning remotely, it’s slow progress, Rodrigues said. For Latino boys, like her son, she says data show the side-effects of a lost education can mean poverty or jail time. …” Read the entire article: https://www.wgbh.org/news/education/2021/01/21/the-covid-slide-inequality-and-pandemic-learning-loss The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Single-sex male charter school moves forward on unanimous Charter School Advisory Board vote
By The Progressive Pulse 01/21/2021 “… The state board asked the school to explain how it will meet the standards to operate as a single-sex school to establish a record to show that the school had a justifiable reason for limiting student enrollment to a single sex. …” Read the entire article: https://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2021/01/21/single-sex-male-charter-school-moves-forward-on-unanimous-charter-school-advisory-board-vote/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
The pandemic is speeding up the mass disappearance of men from college
By Jon Marcus – The Hechinger Report 01/19/2020 “… While enrollment in higher education overall fell 2.5 percent in the fall, or by more than 461,000 students compared to the fall of 2019, the decline among men was more than seven times as steep as the decline among women, according to an analysis of figures READ MORE
Why we need to educate teenagers about HPV and vaccines
By RTE 01/07/2021 “… Despite the majority listing the ‘news’ as their primary source of information, the survey found only 40% of participants believed boys should receive the HPV vaccine, with the majority (50%), indicating that they didn’t know…” Read the entire article: https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2021/0107/1188195-teenagers-hpv-vaccinations-sexual-health-cancer-education/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
The unreported gender gap in high school graduation rates
By Brookings 01/12/2021 “… The pattern was clear: while the graduation levels and gender gap vary by state, in every state for which we collected data, girls graduated at a higher rate than boys…” Read the entire article: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/01/12/the-unreported-gender-gap-in-high-school-graduation-rates/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Lincoln seventh grader creates a diverse world of kids-turned-superheroes in a book he started in third grade
By Lincoln Journal Star 01/01/2021 “… Jeffrey says he likes the freedom to say what he wants, to put his thoughts down, the lessons he’d like readers to take away. …” Read the entire article: https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/lincoln-seventh-grader-creates-a-diverse-world-of-kids-turned-superheroes-in-a-book-he/article_b051dd80-935c-5b8a-8ed4-f8bb7b3a557e.html The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Teens who spend more time in extracurricular activities and less time in front of screens have better mental health, study finds
By CNN 11/04/2020 “… But it’s not healthy for either gender: Screen time that went beyond the recommended limit of two hours was still significantly associated with lower satisfaction and optimism among boys and girls, the study said. …” Read the entire article: https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/04/us/teens-mental-health-screen-time-wellness-trnd/index.html The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org