Monday, April 19, 2010

Boys not learning language skills in school: Author

Shannon Proudfoot, Canwest News Service Published: Sunday, April 18, 2010

Boys lag behind girls and emerge from school ill-prepared for a world that demands stronger language skills than ever before, according to a new book, and their careers and even their relationship prospects are suffering as a result.

In Why Boys Fail: Saving our Sons from an Educational System That's Leaving Them Behind, former USA Today writer Richard Whitmire argues that the gaps between boys and girls are only widening, but there's resistance to acknowledging and fixing the problem.

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1 comment:

  1. I would trust the conclusions of this study more if it were written by Mrs. Whitmire instead of Mr. Whitmire...

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