'Why are boys failing?'

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'GRAND MEADOW — In Grand Meadow Public Schools this year, 10 of its 13 grades will have a male majority.

And those boys are falling behind.

In a move seldom seen in modern day classrooms, the district is trying to address boys’ underachievement by teaching the way they believe boys should be taught: separate from girls.

Four seventh and eighth grade classes — art, vocal music, industrial technology and physical education — will be completely gender-segregated this fall.
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Sax addresses five factors contributing to the decline of boys’ performance in school: video games; changing teaching methods; prescription drugs, such as those for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; endocrine disruptors, including chemicals found in plastic bottles that may lower testosterone levels; and devaluation of masculinity.'