How are we failing our kids?

Research and evidence from around the world has shown school closures lead to decreased educational outcomes, including lower literacy and math delays and increased school failure rates, worsening mental health, suicidality and substance use, increased food insecurity, increased domestic abuse and reduced socialization …

Is the education system failing boys?

The U.S. News and World Report uncovered that at the turn of the century, boys received 70 percent of all failing grades in schools across the country. As of 2016, American high schools see boys drop out nearly 40 percent more frequently than their female peers.

Why are males underachieving?

“There are several explanations of boys’ underachievement,” says Hartley. “These have centred on alleged biological differences, different learning styles, teacher expectations, a lack of male role models and the feminisation of the classroom. “These explanations themselves may perpetuate gender stereotypes.

Are all boy schools better?

All boys’ schools engage boys in the learning process. A 2008 study by the U.S. Department of Education found that students in single-sex elementary and middle schools were more engaged in academic activities, more likely to complete homework, and less likely to initiate classroom disruptions.

Why do boys underachieve in comparison to girls?

One of the reasons which cause the gender gap is the result of boy’s poorer literacy and language skills. One reason for this may be that parents spend less time reading to their sons. Another may be that it is mothers who do most of the reading to young children, who thus come to see it as a feminine activity.

Why do boys achieve less in school?

Why do Boys Underachieve? The OECD states that boys are 8\% more likely than girls to say that school is a “waste of time”. This could possibly be because they do not feel adequately supported in the classroom. Research shows that boys in primary school believe that teachers view them as academically inferior to girls.

Why do boys under achieve at school?

Several possible factors may be responsible for the educations under achievement of boys such as boys’ poor literacy skills and the decline of traditional ‘men’s jobs’, as well as internal factors, such as the feminisation of education, the shortage of male primary school teachers and ‘laddish’ subcultures.

Why do boys achieve less than girls in school?

Qualitative research in particular points to the importance of the gender-specific cultures adolescents experience. It is demonstrated that boys’ culture is less study oriented than girls’ culture and that this difference can be held responsible for the gender differences in achievement, at least in general schools.

Why do babies go overdue?

The reason why the baby is overdue is usually not known. Sometimes it is because of a genetic predisposition (hereditary). Women who have already had a baby that came much later than their due date are more likely to have an overdue baby in future pregnancies. Being born after the 40th week only rarely harms the child.