The Truth about Boys: They read less and skip pages(theguardian.com)
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The Truth about Boys: They read less and skip pages
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/oct/22/the-truth-about-boys-and-books-they-read-less-and-skip-pages
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Great, so are we gonna put together special programs to help boys? Are we gonna start boy-only reading groups? Is the White House gonna get involved to close this gap? Are we gonna start ridiculous twitter hashtags?
I'm not holding my breath...
I'm not holding my breath...
This article is glistening with sexism.
“There is a need to feed back to boys what is going on here. Boys may be assuming, ‘Oh, I like to read nonfiction. Oh, I like to read magazines. Oh, I like websites or the instructions to video games’. But this study shows that they aren’t any better at that than they are at reading fiction.”
More and more sexism, I see. What boys are assuming this?
This article sheds some light on the subject:
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/09/why-gir...
These days, school revolves around the strengths of girls, not boys. We have higher reading levels with girls and hiring college graduation rates.
https://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/leaving-boys-behind...
Nobody cares, which tells me many of these movements aren't about equality, but about petty retribution and a power grab for small, authoritarian groups.