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
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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
Bullied boy now ‘walking on air’
By NZ Hearld on 01/11/2018 “… The principal of the new school, which the family asked not to be named to avoid any repercussions for their son, said the ministry rang her twice today to discuss a directive to enrol the boy even though he lives outside the school zone. …” Read the entire article: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11973456 The READ MORE
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
STUDY: FEMINIST TEACHERS NEGATIVELY AFFECT BOYS’ EDUCATION
“…Has the Sexual Revolution, and the feminist ideology that drives it, pushed men out of universities by undermining boys in school as early as kindergarten? Some writers are beginning to connect the dots between the shift over the last few decades in educational practices from fact-based grading to evaluation based on “non-cognitive” and “emotional skills” READ MORE
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
High School Coaches, Players Know Little About Concussion
By Medline Plus on 12/27/2017 “… Overall, only about a third of high school athletes, their coaches and parents know that a concussion is a brain injury, according to a new study by Mayo Clinic researchers. The athletes themselves were the most likely to know that fact, the researchers found. …” Read the entire article: https://medlineplus.gov/news/fullstory_170639.html The READ MORE