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ifeminists
September 10, 2002
Glenn Sacks |
The 'Boy Parent Dilemma' Modern schools are not suited to boys' personalities and learning styles.   |
ifeminists
March 23, 2005
Glenn Sacks |
New Study of Youth Shows It's Boys Who Are in Crisis The question of whether boys or girls have been doing better has been a point of sometimes rancorous debate among feminist and other scholars in recent decades. |
ifeminists
February 10, 2004
Glenn Sacks |
Why I Launched the Campaign Against 'Boys are Stupid' Products "Dad, why are they always saying things like that about boys?" This question asked by my 11 year-old son triggered a campaign which in just six weeks has driven T-shirts, hats, and other merchandise bearing the slogan "Boys are Stupid -- Throw Rocks at Them" out of nearly 3,000 retail outlets worldwide. |
Reason
February 2001
Cathy Young |
Where the Boys Are Is America shortchanging male children? |
ifeminists
June 15, 2005
Wendy McElroy |
Missing: Males on College Campuses Some researchers call them the "Lost Boys." They are the students you don't see on college campuses. New statistics show an annual decreasing ratio of male-to female students in all degree-granting institutions. |
Salon.com
February 5, 2002
Amy Benfer |
One for the lads The British tackled their own education gender gap by letting boys be boys -- with mixed results... |
Salon.com
February 5, 2002
Amy Benfer |
Lost boys While girls surge ahead in all subjects at school, boys are lagging behind. Is "girl power" to blame? Do boys need their own dose of "empowerment"? |
ifeminists
April 22, 2003
Carey Roberts |
UNICEF's One-Sided Pursuit of Gender Equality This Special Report analyzes the UNICEF sex-specific programs for girls and boys. |
ifeminists
February 1, 2006
Carey Roberts |
Bias Suit Reveals the Truth Behind the 'Boy Crisis' Why American boys are falling academically behind in a glitter and feathers world. |
ifeminists
August 27, 2002
Tresa McBee |
They're Only Boys T-shirt maker Hot Topic is producing shirt aimed at teen girls that sport anti-boy phrases like "Boys Are Great. Every Girl Should Own One," "So Many Boys, So Little Minds," and "Boys Make Good Pets." |
Salon.com
June 21, 2000
Cathy Young |
It's payback time In "The War Against Boys," author Christina Hoff Sommers claims that unfair programs to empower girls have taken a toll on boys. |
ifeminists
April 29, 2003
Cook & Sacks |
Mysterious Decline -- Where Are the Men on Campus? Females now outnumber males by a four to three ratio in American colleges, a difference of almost two million students. The trend is unmistakable and some fear it is irreversible. |
Reason
October 2007
Cathy Young |
That's What Little Boys Are Made Of The Dangerous Book for Boys, by English brothers Conn and Hal Iggulden, revels in retro, conjuring up a pre-computer idyll of hunting, skipping stones, making paper airplanes, and heartening tales of battlefield heroics. |
Fast Company
Martin Lindstrom |
What Tomorrow's Schools Can Learn From Lego Today The physical school, with a teacher in a classroom, brings fundamental values to the table. But how to deliver those values? My years with Lego have taught me the answer is almost always a combination of virtual and physical. |
T.H.E. Journal
June 2002
Douglas W. Green & Thomas O'Brien |
The Internet's Impact on Teacher Practice and Classroom Culture Does Internet use result in an increase in constructivist teacher practices? What other features of classroom life are impacted when the Internet is used as a source of information for student research projects? |
Science News
June 14, 2003
Janet Raloff |
Oh Boy -- Is Mom Hungry! At birth, boys tend to weigh about 100 grams (3.5 ounces) more than girls. An international research team wondered whether that meant that boys' moms ate more during pregnancy. In data published this week, the scientists now confirm that's exactly what happens. |
Salon.com
March 9, 2001
Amy Benfer |
Battle of the celebrity gender theorists Christina Hoff Sommers skewers Carol Gilligan, Jane Fonda and their "girl crisis" rhetoric... |
ifeminists
September 14, 2005
Glenn Sacks |
Are Boys Really Better off Without Fathers? While Peggy Drexler's Raising Boys Without Men: How Maverick Moms Are Creating the Next Generation of Exceptional Men may seem like a harmless, feel-good affirmation for these mothers, it could have a damaging impact on children by affecting both the choices women make and family law. |
ifeminists
December 17, 2002
Glenn Sacks |
Why Teachers Leave An effective school or school district leadership does one thing above all: It keeps good teachers in the classroom. Our schools are like an army whose best soldiers, year after year, are deserting. I have three solutions. |
Salon.com
May 21, 2002
Lara Riscol |
Go out and get a piece, son! Right-wing moralizers wink at boys' sexual foibles -- it's unfettered female sexuality that they think is leading us into perdition... |
T.H.E. Journal
January 4, 2010
Scott Aronowitz |
Report Shows Teachers Not Adequately Prepared for Education Reform A new report by the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning indicated that in California, where schools are pursuing ambitious education reform, while many teachers are well qualified to take on the demands of such an effort, many more simply are not up to the task. |
Sports Illustrated
November 21, 2001 |
Not Your Average Skirt Chaser The difficulties caused for female high school field hockey players when boys join the team, as allowed by equal rights amendments in states like Massachusetts. |
Salon.com
January 10, 2001
Amy Benfer |
A teen sex guru speaks Kids -- and their parents -- need to tackle taboos, says psychiatrist Lynn Ponton... |
Fast Company
November 19, 2011
Nancy Miller |
Louis C.K.: The Next Steve Jobs Will Be A Chick The comedian (and father of two daughters) salutes the feminine future. |
ifeminists
June 17, 2003
Carey Roberts |
Please Add Me to Your Blacklist The Canadian government recently published a report that recommends monitoring and prosecution of gender equity advocates under federal hate crime laws. |
ifeminists
February 8, 2006
Carey Roberts |
Who's Afraid of Carol Gilligan? Thanks to the girl hysteria that psychologist Carol Gilligan engendered, the Gender Equity in Education Act was passed in 1994. Of course by that time, girls had surpassed boys on most measures of school performance. |
Sports Illustrated
May 8, 2002
Frank Deford |
Ungodly acts Horrible as it is to contemplate priests -- men of God -- taking sexual advantage of young boys, it is perhaps an even greater violation of trust for coaches to be predators... |
Sports Illustrated
June 28, 2000
Frank Deford |
Putting sports on the map As anybody except the nerds should know, the real reason that boys do better at geography is sports. From an early age, you see, boys follow sports. And you have to know your geography to follow sports. |
HHMI Bulletin
Feb 2012 |
Raising Their Game When done right professional development can make a real difference for students. |
Fast Company
November 17, 2011
Anya Kamenetz |
The Case For Girls Most would-be parents prefer boys, not girls. Is part of the trouble, dare we say, a branding problem - one that advertising could solve? |
Job Journal
April 20, 2008 |
Career Snapshot: School Teacher Our children are the future, and school teachers are entrusted with the responsibility of educating and inspiring them. |
ifeminists
December 23, 2003
Wendy McElroy |
Christmas in a War Zone Christmas has become a political battle from which you should shield your family. How? |
InternetNews
March 29, 2010 |
Women the Minority in Europe's IT 'Boys Club' Report says only about 35 percent of IT staffing jobs in Europe are held by women. The report comes amid complaints of inequality related to working conditions. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 5, 2009
Scott Aronowitz |
How Can American Education Compete Globally? Motoko Akiba and Gerald LeTendre published a book, entitled Improving Teacher Quality: The U.S. Teaching Force in Global Context, in which they make the argument that the way to improve U.S. teachers' quality is to overhaul the way teachers are recruited, trained, and hired. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 17, 2010
David Nagel |
Snapshot: Students Want Online Learning High school students seem to be overwhelmingly in favor of online instruction as a component of their educations. |
InternetNews
December 21, 2009 |
Kids' Favorite Searches of '09: Sex and Porn Norton study reveals ribald search habits of online youth. |
AskMen.com
Sachin Bhola |
Women's Fashion Trends 2012 Here are 10 women's fashion trends that we ain't feelin'. |
InternetNews
April 7, 2009
David Needle |
Teachers Driving Web 2.0 Adoption? A new survey indicates teachers are leading the charge to get more Web 2.0 services into the classroom. |
The Family Room
Jimmy Patterson |
No wait, don't go ... please stay When a child's classmate dies. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2007
Lewis & Lockheed |
Getting All Girls into School New ways are needed to educate "excluded girls" in developing countries. |
D-Lib
February 2009
Marcia A. Mardis |
Classroom Information Needs: Search Analysis from a Digital Library for Educators All too often, digital library developers create collections of resources in the absence of rigorous examinations of educator and learner needs. |
BusinessWeek
January 13, 2011 |
Teachers' Union Boss Randi Weingarten The president of the American Federation of Teachers on public schools, teacher bonuses, and why unions are so unpopular |
CIO
November 1, 2000
Janese Swanson & Emily Keller |
The Forgotten Majority Why do women hate IT? Because most technology products are designed for men... |
Science News
January 6, 2007
Julie J. Rehmeyer |
Drinking During Pregnancy Emerges As a Possible Male-Infertility Factor Alcohol consumption during pregnancy increases the risk of undescended testicles in boy babies, and it may contribute to later fertility problems even in boys born without the defect. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010 |
Science Education Outreach Targets Students In Rural Schools Many of HHMI's science education grantees are focusing their outreach efforts on teachers and students from rural schools. Because long-distance travel is often out of the question, they are sending curricula and materials to rural teachers. |
InternetNews
June 27, 2007
Erin Joyce |
I'm, Like, So Being Harassed Online About one third of all teenagers who use the Internet say they have been targets of menacing behavior online, according to new research. |
Salon.com
April 14, 2001
Jake Tapper |
Smile and slash Bush's habit of cutting the budgets of organizations he's used for photo ops is making him an easy target for Democrats... |
BusinessWeek
July 15, 2010 |
Bill Gates' School Crusade Bill Gates' foundation is betting billions that a business approach can work wonders in the classroom. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2011
Dan Ferber |
Calling All Teachers This article focuses on preservice training -- training college students and graduates to be STEM teachers. |
Salon.com
August 21, 2001
Amy Halloran |
Suicide at 16 One mother contemplates the grief -- and guilt -- of another... |
