Is the American education system failing boys?
A lot of boys are succeeding very well, so if we could say failing a lot of boys, I’d feel it’s more accurate. There are a number of ways in which specific schools do fail boys. Most teachers are not trained in how boys and girls learn differently. After awhile, they realize everyone doesn’t, and by then, a number of boys are being lost. Secondly, schools are not set up as well as they should be to teach males how to develop purpose. What specifically I mean is a lot of the learning is not relevant, so the boys check out. If we want boys to succeed, we need to bring them back to education by making education relevant to them and bring in more service learning and vocational education. Q: Many educators say your position that boys do better in a classroom without girls is a return to the Dark Ages, and it’s a disservice to boys. How do you respond to those critics? A: They’re in that old model — a feminist model. For them, the vision is that segregating or separating is in some ways lik
