Boys are falling behind girls academically at every level, from kindergarten through graduate school. Girls dramatically outperform boys on every standardized measure of reading and writing achievement and have reached rough parity with males in math and science, except at the very top of the performance curve. Boys are also more likely to get into trouble at school, experiment with drugs, and drop out of school. Nearly 60 percent of students graduating from college are now female, and for the first time in history we see more women than men getting advanced degrees. Left unaddressed, the gender achievement gap in education could have significant destabilizing economic and social impacts. Learn why males may be falling behind and what schools can do to support them academically and emotionally and begin to close the growing gender achievement gap.
Connecticut Education Association
Advocating For Students and Teachers
