By Education HQ, 12/04/2025 “…A parliamentary inquiry into boys’ education has been called for by the Federal Opposition, as a growing body of experts warn boys’ worsening underperformance and over-representation among the most academically at-risk students amounts to one of the most overlooked crises in Australian schooling…” Read the entire article: https://educationhq.com/news/overlooked-crisis-call-for-inquiry-into-sliding-boys-education-203725/
Category: Parenting Boys
The strong, positive effects of high-dose tutoring for boys (and girls)
By AIBM, 01/06/2026 “…Many educational disparities between boys and girls appear early and persist through their educational journeys. They are less ready than girls upon school entry, are more likely to be diagnosed with learning disabilities—including in reading and language—earn lower grades, and are more likely to drop out before completing high school…” Read the READ MORE
HPV vaccine for boys: Does it have any protective effects?
By 02/02/2026 “…HPV vaccination isn’t just for girls—boys are equally at risk of cancers caused by the virus, including throat, anal, and penile cancers. Vaccinating boys not only protects their health but also helps stop the virus from spreading to partners, creating community-wide protection…” Read the entire article: https://www.news9live.com/health/health-news/hpv-vaccine-for-boys-does-it-have-any-protective-effects-2925640
Michigan conference explores solutions to lagging male education
By Michigan Public, 12/03/2025 “…Michigan officials discussed ways to better prepare the state’s boys and men for the future during a conference in Lansing Wednesday. Speakers brought up issues like a lagging number of males going to college, or going on to work in health, education, and literacy jobs, known as HEAL professions…” Read the READ MORE
Overlooked crisis: call for inquiry into sliding boys’ education
By EducationHQ, 12/04/2025 “…Despite the scale of the problem, boys’ academic underperformance has been neglected by policymakers, with the focus given to areas where girls lag such as in STEM and maths – this has been to the detriment of boys, they contend…” Read the entire article: https://educationhq.com/news/overlooked-crisis-call-for-inquiry-into-sliding-boys-education-203725/
Strategies for Teaching Boys
By NEA, 12/10/2025 “…Boys today are less likely to go to college and more likely to struggle with loneliness and lack of purpose. NEA members are working to change that…” Read the entire article: https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/strategies-teaching-boys
Boys and girls tend to use different strategies to solve math problems, new research shows
By PsyPost, 01/15/2026 “…This new evidence may help explain an apparent contradiction in the existing research – girls do better at math in school, but boys do better on high-stakes math tests and are more likely to pursue math-intensive careers…” Read the entire article: https://www.psypost.org/boys-and-girls-tend-to-use-different-strategies-to-solve-math-problems-new-research-shows/
Boys need greater encouragement and support to excel academically
By The Witness, 01/17/2026 “…The boy child is increasingly being left behind, becoming underrepresented in matric cohorts and less likely than girls to return through second-chance pathways. This imbalance requires urgent and targeted intervention…” Read the entire article: https://witness.co.za/news/2026/01/17/boys-need-greater-encouragement-and-support-to-excel-academically/
What Happens When Most of the Adults in Boys’ Lives Are Women
By New York Times, 09/08/2025 “…At the same time, boys have many fewer male role models in their daily lives. While men still fill most positions of power across American society, the people who interact with children are largely women. Occupations like pediatrics have switched to mostly being done by women, while those that were READ MORE
Why are boys and men falling behind in education? Social scientist Richard Reeves explains
By CNN, 09/02/2025 “…NN’s Pamela Brown sits down with founding president of the American Institute for Boys and Men and author Richard Reeves to discuss his view from research that parents should consider “redshirting” boys from kindergarten, which is the practice of holding a child back until he turns six…” Read the entire READ MORE