WHY DO BOYS STRUGGLE IN SCHOOL WHILE GIRLS ARE THRIVING?
Please join our discussion at the Buchanan YMCA 6:30, Thursday October 9th at the YMCA Meeting Room at 1530 Buchanan Street.
Please join us for a community discussion/meeting at the YMCA on Thursday, October 9th.
2014! Care SF is a new educational discussion/political club dedicated
to advancing reform in education and promoting discussion of important
topics. We will have snacks and beverages from 6-6:30, introductions and announcements until 7 and a panel discussion from 7-8:30. Please join us for an interesting evening to discuss this important topic. Discussion ongoing at www.caresf.blogspot.com and please email caresfeducation@gmail.com if you have any questions or call Justin at 415-876-1025.
Topic Details
We’re
so used to celebrating the advancement of girls and women and the
dismantling of our sexist history, that few of us are noticing a new
trend. Boys, who traditionally trailed girls until high school, are now
trailing at all levels of academic achievement.
-Lowell
High School, which is San Francisco’s only Competitive Admissions
Magnet High School and accepts only the top Middle School Students, is
60.2% female and 39.8% male.
-Women are now earning 61% of Bachelor’s Degrees, 63% of Master’s Degrees, 58% of PhD Degrees and 58% of Professional Degrees.
-Top rated Universities are seeing a lower percentage of males admitted.
posted by CareSF @ 4:51 PM
3 Comments
3 Comments:
Personally, until women achieve parity in pay, equal advancement opportunities to high corporate and political offices, I could care less.
This is an important issue because it is impacting children. Boys are more likely to grow up and end up in prison. It holds back our potential if a large group of people isn't doing well. Educated women can't find educated husbands. Boys are not achieving their potential. As a nation we lose out when any group doesn't achieve it's potential. Whether it is video games, TV, drugs or other reasons, this must be investigated and discussed. It isn't sexist to discuss this. Yes, there are issues of sexism which need to be addressed, but when you look at the top groups in education, if we could get all kids to the level of the top groups, we'd have a much stronger and richer nation. We need to make changes to reach males, African Americans, Latinos, average and below average income whites, every group falling far below their potential. At the present time this includes males. This is an important issue and I will be at this meeting and am looking forward to it.
I've heard these facts before, but thanks for reminding me of this problem. We hear so much about the education of girls that I forgot about the deteriorating education of boys.
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