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lumberjack_jeff

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4. The worsening environment is selective.

Reply to bemildred (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 01:32 PM

Dec 2011

Girls are succeeding compared to their mothers.

AAUW explains this away as an artifact of poverty and racism. I guess we're supposed to accept that boys are more likely to be poor minorities than girls are.

Metrics? We have dropout rates, college completion rates, workforce preparedness anecdotes and standardized test scores. All suggest a problem.

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Are Boys Making the Grade? Gender Gaps in Achievement and Attainment [View all] lumberjack_jeff Dec 2011 OP

Maybe if we stopped expecting everyone to develop in lockstep at the same rate, bemildred Dec 2011 #1

Boys underachieve compared to their fathers. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2011 #2

So maybe it's not them, maybe their environment has gotten worse? bemildred Dec 2011 #3

The worsening environment is selective. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2011 #4

The environment can have selective effects based on gender? bemildred Dec 2011 #5

a) yes. A changed environment has harmed boys education, and b) I'm not blaming them. n/t lumberjack_jeff Dec 2011 #6

It's not just single sex classrooms. Glassunion Mar 2012 #7

You have to play the ball where it lies. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2012 #8