Women's group study sees no "boy crisis" in schools

Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2009-06-25 17:46

Article here. Excerpt:

'WASHINGTON — Both boys and girls are doing better in school, so there's no reason to fear that school systems favor girls at boys' expense, a women's advocacy group says in a study to be released today.

It's the freshest argument in the boys vs. girls debate in education, one in which the group, the American Association of University Women (AAUW), has been a major player.

Having said in an influential 1992 study that the education system worked against girls, it now argues that the real crisis is racial and economic disparities, not gender.

"The mythology of the boy crisis continues to be influential," said Catherine Hill, the association's director of research. One reason, she added, is that "people feel uncomfortable with the success of girls and women."'

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Or do they? Suppressing the educational progress of boys has become a major civil rights issue.

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Submitted by anthony on Sun, 2009-06-28 21:34

I this is only a matter of color and class, then why do poor girls do better than poor boys, and black girls do better than black boys? Because gender is obviously a big factor that's why.

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Submitted by MichaelClaymore on Mon, 2009-06-29 10:37