{"product_id":"why-boys-fail-saving-our-sons-from-an-educational-system-thats-leaving-them-behind-9780814420171","title":"Why Boys Fail Saving Our Sons from an Educational System Thats Leaving Them Behind","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003cp style=\"margin-top:\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eSelected as one of the Top 5 Educational Books by Literacy News\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"margin-top:\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"margin-top:\"\u003e The signs and statistics are undeniable: boys are falling behind in school. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the biggest culprits are not video games, pop culture, or female-dominated schools biased toward girls. The real problem is that boys have been thrust into a bewildering new school environment that demands high-level reading and writing skills long before they are capable of handling them. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"margin-top:\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"margin-top:\"\u003e Lacking the ability to compete, boys fall farther and farther behind. Eventually, the problem gets pushed into college, where close to 60% of the graduates are women. In a time when even cops, construction foremen, and machine operators need post-high school degrees, that’s a problem. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"margin-top:\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"margin-top:\"\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhy Boy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e CONTENTS \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Acknowledgments xi \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Introduction to the Paperback Edition 1 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 1 Discovering the Problem 13 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 2 The Reason for the Boy Troubles: Faltering Literacy Skills 27 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 3 The Likely Causes of the Reading Lapses 39 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 4 The Writing Failures 63 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 5 The Blame Game: What Gets Blamed (Unfairly) for the Gender Gaps 79 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 6 Solutions: What Works for Boys? 107 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 7 Impediments to a Solution: The Ideological Stalemate 135 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 8 The International Story: Australians Struggle with the Boy Troubles 151 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 9 Why These Gender Gaps Matter 163 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 10 Actions That Need to Be Taken 181 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Appendix: The Facts About Boys 211 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Notes 217 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Index 229 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e About the Author 239 \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McGraw-Hill Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768164647255,"sku":"9780814420171","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/why-boys-fail-saving-our-sons-from-an-educational-system-thats-leaving-them-behind-9780814420171","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}