Why One Scholar Thinks There’s a ‘War on Boys’ in America’s Public Schools

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'Forget the “war on women.” American Enterprise Institute scholar Christina Hoff Sommers says that there’s a “war on boys” unfolding in America’s public school classrooms.

“Being a normal boy is a serious liability in today’s classroom,” Sommers said in a short video lesson* for Prager University, a conservative video series. ”Increasingly, our schools have little patience for what only a few decades ago would have been described as boyishness.”

Sommers says it’s past time to make elementary schools more friendly to boys, and she has four ways to do that: turn boys into readers; inspire their imagination; get rid of zero-tolerance policies; and bring recess back.

She noted that boys score lower than girls on reading measures and says they need adventurous content tailored to their interests. She heralded the importance of inspiring the male imagination — something that can be done by embracing the themes they care about.'

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*The video can be seen on YouTube here.