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Why Boys Fail

I was just turned on to a new book titled “Why Boys Fail: Saving Our Sons from an Educational System That’s Leaving Them Behind” by this article in the NY Times. I’m downloading the Kindle version to my iPod so I have it with me wherever I go. Based on what I’ve read so far, it should be required reading for every school teacher and school administrator.

My son struggled in a public Kindergarten classroom because of his teacher’s bias against boys. On several occasions he came home from school with a “red card” because he acted out in a way his teacher considered inappropriate. When he told me what he did, I laughed because my view was that he was just being a boy.
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