Gender inequality shown in classrooms, boys left shortchanged

Article here. Excerpt:

'For the last couple of decades, education has done its best to ensure that girls have received the same attention and opportunities to participate in the classroom. Unfortunately, after years of attempting to create equality, the gender gap in education still exists.

The difference is, now boys are the ones being left behind as girls soar ahead. The culture of the classroom has changed to become more inclusive of girls and has, in the process, become a hostile environment for boys.

Boys are the subject of disciplinary action far more often than girls, make up a significantly larger portion of those in special education courses, are disproportionately diagnosed with attention deficit disorder and are less likely to graduate from high school. In the current educational climate, it’s not a good time to be a boy.
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According to TIME, “boys are nearly five times more likely to be expelled from preschool than girls. In grades K-12, boys account for nearly 70 percent of suspensions, often for minor acts of insubordination and defiance.”

The issue with the current state of the classroom is that it isn't a friendly place for male students. The “feminization of the classroom,” which has helped bring girls up to speed with boys, is an oppressive environment for male students. Cops and robbers, dodgeball and heroic make-believe — some of the pastimes that most boys naturally prefer — are no longer allowed in many schools because they have been deemed “too aggressive.”'