Joanne Jacobs
Young males in trouble
We are failing our young men, argues podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey. That’s the one commonality in the vast majority of mass shootings....
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 17, 20182 min read
Black boys lack ‘a teacher who looks like me’
Boys do better with male teachers and non-white students better with a same-race teacher, studies show. Yet, 77 percent of teachers are...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 31, 20182 min read
Swedish preschools teach boys to dance, girls to yell
Swedish preschools encourage boys to draw, dance and play in toy kitchens, while girls are taught to shout “No!,” reports Ellen Barry in...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 20, 20171 min read
Charters don’t close gender gap: Girls rule
Top charter schools are closing achievement gaps for low-income and minority students, who earn college degrees at three to five times...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 10, 20172 min read
The boys-who-hate reading book club
Reading wasn’t fun for Kathleen Carroll’s eight-year-old son. As a struggling reader, he spent his days “decoding worksheets and...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 28, 20172 min read
In Arab world, girls rule in school: Why?
Female students outnumber males two to one at the University of Jordan Across the Arab world, girls rule in school, writes Amanda Ripley...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 20, 20171 min read
Taking the pee out of physics
It’s time to take the pee out of physics, argues a group of Australian scientists. Starting physics courses by studying projectile motion...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 8, 20171 min read
Boys lag in reading, writing
“Three of four African-American boys in California classrooms failed to meet reading and writing standards” on state exams, reports Matt...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 13, 20172 min read
Move to learn
Kids are spending too much time sitting indoors writes Angela Hanscom, a pediatric occupational therapist, in the Washington Post‘s...
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