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Is there a bias against boys in the American educational system?
Why Boys Struggle with School - FamilyEducation.com
Another question I have is this: is anything that different now as opposed to 50 years ago?
Were boys better behaved back then? Less physical? Easier to manage?
Weren't the majority of teachers in the 50's and 60's female?
Is this perhaps more about how boys are handled outside of school?
Less play outside, more video and computer games inside?
I voted no. I didn't read your link. If I could? I'd change my vote having had a brief opportunity to think about it. I think many referrals for ADHD testing come from the school system. Boys are more than twice as likely as girls to be so diagnosed. Boys are just filled with kinetic energy they've got to throw off. I think teachers are more inclined to refer boys than girls because boys are harder to manage when there's no one at home making rules. So, let's dope 'em up!
Boys mature later than girls, tend to be more physically active than girls, and more likely to act out. Boys should start school about six months later than girls do, but, of course, that's politically impossible.
Little boys and little girls are not the same. The problem is, we have to treat them as if they were.
Can't we segregate? Boys in one classroom, girls in another?
Why can't we start them at different ages?
If you have a boy, and you desire success, wouldn't you do whatever is needed to help the odds of success?
Who makes the decision to put boys on medication?
Parents, or teachers?
Teachers may refer, complain, suggest, or even insist, but the choice to medicate does not lie with the teacher or school.
Does it?
Boys mature later than girls, tend to be more physically active than girls, and more likely to act out. Boys should start school about six months later than girls do, but, of course, that's politically impossible.
Little boys and little girls are not the same. The problem is, we have to treat them as if they were.
Those tendencies aren't strictly by gender, kids should be evaluated individually to determine the best way to teach them..
Who makes the decision to put boys on medication?
Parents, or teachers?
Teachers may refer, complain, suggest, or even insist, but the choice to medicate does not lie with the teacher or school.
Does it?
Is there a bias against boys in the American educational system?
Lori Day: Why Boys Are Failing in an Educational System Stacked Against Them
So I ask:
1) Should we segregate boys and girls into different schools, or at least separate classrooms?
2) Should boys start school at an older age than girls? If girls start first grade at 6 years old - should boys be made to wait until 7?
3) Do boys require male teachers?