Canada: One-size-fits-all education system isn’t working for boys

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'No parent would deny there are differences between their sons and daughters, so educator Michael Reist wonders why Ontario insists on an educational model that has traditionally treated them as if they learned the same way.

The bestselling author was visiting Windsor Monday to conduct a seminar for the Greater Essex County District School Board on just how significant those learning differences can be and how to stop male students falling further behind in academics.

Do schools better suit girls?

“It’s a huge generalization, but I think it is true,” Reist said. “To treat everyone the same is to treat them unfairly sometimes.”

Reist, who favours all-boys’ or all-girls’ schools, said the solution is to acknowledge those differences and veer away from what he calls “the one-size-fits-all approach.”
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Boys account for 80 per cent of dropouts, 90 per cent of disciplinary problems, two-thirds of students deemed to have learning disabilities, 90 per cent of those with behavioural disabilities, 80 per cent of those with ADD/ADHD and are four times as likely to commit suicide as girls.

The misreading of what Reist calls normal boy behavior results in boys being labelled immature or learning disabled and creates a willingness to medicate boys unnecessarily.'