Scotland: We can't afford casualties in education battle of the sexes

Article here. Excerpt:

'But new government figures can now officially put that argument to bed as they confirm that girls are better than boys.

Or, at least, they show that girls are top of the class for another year as far as exam results are concerned
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'And, accepting the consensus that boys are just as bright as girls, it is impossible to disagree. We surely can't stand back and do nothing when half of our children are getting a raw deal. The most obvious first step seems to be experimenting with the curriculum to try to find a way of engaging boys more in their studies.
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"But, at the end of the day, if girls are outperforming boys and there's no explanation for it, then it's a serious problem that needs to be addressed."'