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
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Coronavirus: Experts ‘deeply concerned’ about the impact of Covid-19 on children’s physical activity levels
By BBC 01/14/2021 “… In terms of gender disparities, there was a notable fall in activity among boys, who suffered from the stopping of team sport, while girls retained roughly their same activity levels, adapting well to alternative activities such as fitness and walking. …” Read the entire article: https://www.bbc.com/sport/55664539
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/
Struggling families say a lack of food makes home-learning difficult
By Phys.org 01/12/2021 “… Girls of all ages were more engaged and motivated than boys. This was most apparent in secondary schools where girls were more than twice as likely to be very engaged and very motivated in their home learning than boys…” Read the entire article: https://phys.org/news/2021-01-struggling-families-lack-food-home-learning.html
Boys born to overweight women are 40 percent more likely to grow up infertile, study finds
By Ian Randall – Daily Mail 01/06/2020 “… The sons of women who were overweight prior to giving birth are around 40 per cent more likely to grow up to be infertile, a study has warned. Researchers from Denmark studied 9,232 adults — of whom around nine per cent were found to suffer from infertility…” READ MORE
The Brutality of Boyhood
By Washington Monthly 01/11/2021 “… For starters, we generally don’t hold boys’ bodies sacred in the same manner we do girls’; boys are apparently too tough to experience physical pain. We deny them access to the full range of human emotions, labeling certain feelings like sadness and fear as exclusively feminine. We don’t give boys READ MORE
Gender stereotyping is harming young people’s mental health, finds UK report
By The Guardian 12/15/2020 “… In the home, a majority of parents recognise that there is a problem, with three-quarters saying people treat boys and girls differently from an early age. They are also seven times more likely to picture their sons working in construction and almost three times as likely to see their daughters READ MORE
Teen Vaping Doubles Risk for Subsequent Tobacco Use
By Consumer HealthDay 01/07/2021 “… Adolescent boys who use electronic cigarettes have an increased risk for subsequently initiating traditional tobacco products, according to a study published online Dec. 8 in Addictive Behaviors. …” Read the entire article: https://consumer.healthday.com/vaping-doubles-risk-of-subsequent-tobacco-use-2649707927.html
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/
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