By NBC Sports on 02/23/2018 “… The partnership, which comes with a $10 million dollar commitment from Durant, will help fund a program called College Track. Essentially, it’s a 10-year program that provides basic infrastructure — test prep, tutoring, college selection and how to get financial aid — that kids from less-advantaged families often times don’t have. …” Read READ MORE
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Stanford protects inclusivity by banning men from the gym twice a week
By The College Fix on 02/22/2018 “… Michigan State University operated a women-only lounge going back to the Great Depression. The University of Michigan-Flint has excluded whites and males from consideration for certain faculty awards. …” Read the entire article: https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/42255/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Mary Laudon: We must put an end to harmful gender stereotypes
By Post Bulletin on 02/21/2018 “… I recently had the opportunity and pleasure to view an eye-opening documentary. I usually fall asleep during any and all educational videos, but this one was different. This documentary struck a chord in me …” Read the entire article: http://www.postbulletin.com/life/lifestyles/mary-laudon-we-must-put-an-end-to-harmful-gender/article_991c2916-15b6-11e8-879a-1309911aa9ac.html The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
SCHOOL ROW Battle erupts over plans to allow boys to attend Scotland’s last remaining all-girls state school
By The Scottish Sun on 02/21/2018 “… Parents are campaigning for Notre Dame High in Glasgow’s west end to open doors to boys – but former pupils have blasted the plans and say they are bidding to save a “sacred institution”. …” Read the entire article: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/2261941/battle-plans-allow-boys-notre-dame-high-all-girls-state-school-glasgow/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
We’re Getting ADHD Wrong (Especially in Boys)
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
After Son Dies of Cancer, Rob Delaney Writes Powerful Letter About Fatherhood
By Fatherly on 02/12/2018 “… Delaney, who brilliantly plays a harried father on the brutally honest British comedy Catastrophe and is one, had spoken openly about his son Henry’s diagnosis since he found out about the boy’s brain tumor back in 2016. He had reason to celebrate in 2017, when the tumor was removed. But the cancer subsequently returned. …” Read READ MORE
The desperate cry of America’s boys
By FOX News on 02/18/2017 “… In response to this week’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida, a man named Michael Ian Black, whom I’ve never heard of but who’s apparently an actor and comedian, invited a “conversation” on Twitter that began with the following statement: “Deeper even than the gun problem is this: boys are broken.” …” Read READ MORE
When Will We Have the Guts to Link Fatherlessness to School Shootings?
By PJ Media on 02/17/2018 “… Issue number one that no one in the mainstream media or government wants to acknowledge: fatherlessness. Specifically, the impact of fatherlessness on the boys who grew up to become school shooters. …” Read the entire article: https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/will-guts-link-fatherlessness-school-shootings/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
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
Why primary school boys are needing mental health intervention
By Riot Act on 01/24/2018 “… It was a cry for help from a parent that made Menslink realise that a growing number of primary school boys were in need of mental health support. Now 10 to 12-year-old boys make up 12 per cent of the male support group’s client case, which CEO Martin Fisk said was not READ MORE