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
Category: Mental Health of Boys
Boy in girls-only dance event triggers federal probe
By WND on 01/29/2018 “… Federal investigators have launched an investigation into a complaint that a Wisconsin school student is barred by Minnesota state rules from competing in events there. Solely because he is a boy. Read the entire article: http://www.wnd.com/2018/01/boy-in-girls-only-dance-event-triggers-federal-probe/#zpHU1BIJvFshMqff.99 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
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
Special education students get free haircuts before Special Hearts Prom
By Caller Times on 01/23/2018 “… Each year the prom, celebrates the students in special education classes at the high school and parents, teachers and students volunteer to plan the event. Students throughout the high school are selected to escort the honorees and celebrate with them. …” Read the entire article: http://www.caller.com/story/news/education/2018/01/23/special-education-students-get-free-haircuts-before-special-hearts-prom/1054391001/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Entire class punished for ‘microaggressive’ comments
By Campus Reform on 01/09/2018 “… “What have other conversations around identity, race, culture, oppression, and colonization been like for you at our school?” Marquart also asked students, later asking, “what can you contribute that might change the experience of this conversation for yourself?” …’ Read the entire article: https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=10350 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Toxic masculinity in boys is fueling an epidemic of loneliness
By NBC News “… Emotional isolation has calamitous health implications, and it’s becoming more prevalent in America. Why? One developmental psychologist says America’s toxic masculine culture kills young boys’ friendships right as boys are expected to “grow up” into men, and those loss of friendships may echo throughout men’s lives. …” Read the entire article: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/video/toxic-masculinity-in-boys-is-fueling-an-epidemic-of-loneliness-1140033091929 The 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
Professor Green on the importance of supporting white working class boys
By NME on 01/09/2018 “… The rapper, real name Stephen Manderson, is gearing up to present Working Class White Men, a new Channel 4 documentary in which he examines the lives of working class white boys within the education system.Read the entire article: http://www.nme.com/news/music/professor-green-importance-supporting-white-working-class-boys-2216205 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
SOIREE Education Is The Only Way To Tackle The Horrors Of Child Abuse
By Blogs on 01/03/2018 “… Almost two years later things haven’t changed much. We are there again and so is our silence. Once again we have failed our children. Recently, the Norwegian Embassy contacted FIA through a letter and informed them about a man named Amin who indulged in child pornography in Sargodha. He lured the READ MORE
Male under-representation in Higher Education
By Critica on 12/26/2017 “… Are those who claim to be concerned with discriminatory bias against groups generally concerned with under-representation? Here are the HESA 2014 statistics for the academic year 2012/13, for students in higher education in the UK. In each category, menare under-represented. Overall, men comprise about 43% of UK students, while women comprise about 57%. READ MORE