By The Tech Edvocate 06/18/2021 “… Until this issue is remedied, boys of color will continue to fall through the cracks. Black and Latino have higher dropout, poverty, and incarceration rates than their peers. In my estimation, the education system is partly to blame…” Read the entire article: https://www.thetechedvocate.org/20-reasons-why-the-american-education-system-is-failing/
Category: The Boy Crisis
Dr. Warren Farrell: Toxic Masculinity Origins and the Regressive Nature of Feminist Victimhood
By The Epoch Times 04/30/2021 “…But the school shooters in particular tend to be boys who are suicidal, depressed, and also dad deprived. That is like a recent school shooter in Indianapolis; his father committed suicide when he was just barely a teenager…” Read the entire article: https://www.theepochtimes.com/dr-warren-farrell-toxic-masculinity-origins-and-the-regressive-nature-of-feminist-victimhood_3797697.html
Gun Suicides Are Rising Sharply Among American Youth
By Web MD 06/14/2021 “…The CDC researchers said emergency room visits for suspected suicide attempts by 12- to 17-year-old girls rose 26% during the summer of 2020 and by 50% during winter 2021, compared with 2019. Emergency department trips related to suspected suicide attempts among boys in that age group and young adults aged 18 READ MORE
Dr. Warren Farrell: Why Biden’s New Gender Policy Council Is Sexist | American Thought Leaders
By Dr. Warren Farrell 03/13/2021 “…Boys are four times as likely to commit suicide than girls between the ages of 15 and 19. They’re also significantly more likely to drop out of school, become homeless, and end up in prison, says Dr. Warren Farrell. …” Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB4BEqUXOkk
White House’s New Gender Policy Council Excludes Boys and Men
By Erika Sanzi 03/03/2021 “… The Biden administration recently announced plans to form a “gender policy council”but there’s a catch—boys and men are excluded. Perhaps a better way to convey how bonkers this is to say that HALF the population will be left out, by design. …” Read the entire article: https://sanzi.substack.com/p/white-houses-new-gender-policy-council
In California disparity in suspending Black boys is widest in early grades, report says
By The San Diego Union Tribute 02/20/2021 “… California’s Black students, Black boys in particular, are far more likely than their peers to be suspended or expelled throughout their school career, especially during kindergarten through third grade, a recent study by San Diego State University professors found. …” Read the entire article: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2021-02-20/new-report-highlights-disproportionate-discipline-of-black-students-in-early-grades
The pandemic is speeding up the mass disappearance of men from college
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
Please Teach Me Like I’m a Boy! with Dr. Vermelle D. Greene
By Self Discovery Media 11/02/2020 “… Dr. Vermelle D. Greene, author of Please Teach Me Like I’m a Boy! Ten Steps to His Success in School and in Life. Greene is the Executive of the Boys Initiative. Boys are in crisis and continue to fall behind girls in academics and readiness for college or careers. READ MORE
Groups step up to bridge educational gap
By Sara Foss – The Daily Gazette 10/28/2020 “… The Key Hall program is a pilot that will eventually expand. At the moment it serves between eight to 12 teenage boys, all of whom are affiliated with My Brother’s Keeper, an organization that aims to close the opportunity and achievement gap among young men of READ MORE
2020 Update: “For every 100 girls…..” Part II
By Mark J. Perry – AEI 10/29/2020 “… For every 100 girls suspended from public elementary and secondary schools, 240 boys are suspended…For every 100 girls expelled from public elementary and secondary schools, 291 boys are expelled…” Read the entire article: https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/2020-update-for-every-100-girls-part-ii/