Author examines how schools shortchange boys

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'Maryville, Mo. — Peg Tyre — who had made something of a career out of studying how schools deal with, and sometimes fail, their boy students — spoke to a full house Wednesday evening at the Ron Houston Center for the Performing Arts as part of Northwest's Ploghoft Lecture Series.
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Tyre said as she began wondering about a perceived failure of many boys to do well in school, she decided to go to the data. She noted that boys are expelled from school five times more often than girls, and that, as a group, exhibit a far higher number of behavioral problems.

"From the data, I found that 70 percent of special education students are boys," she said.

"Girls typically make As and Bs while boys make Cs and Ds. Boys do less homework. Boys are more apt to be involved in violent activities. The difference we see between boys and girls now will affect how kids live their lives now and in the future."

She continued her lecture by saying that perfectly normal little boys play and fantasize around violence. As a result, teachers see potential Columbine shooters.'