An edition of Why boys fail (2010)

Why boys fail

saving our sons from an educational system that's leaving them behind

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Why boys fail
Richard Whitmire
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An edition of Why boys fail (2010)

Why boys fail

saving our sons from an educational system that's leaving them behind

Pbk. ed.
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English
Pages
239

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Why boys fail: saving our sons from an educational system that's leaving them behind
2012, AMACOM/American Management Association
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Table of Contents

Discovering the problem
The reason for the boy troubles: faltering literacy skills
The likely causes of the reading lapses
The writing failures
The blame game: what gets blamed (unfairly) for the gender gaps
Solutions: what works for boys?
Impediments to a solution: the ideological stalemate
The international story: Australians struggle with the boy troubles
Why these gender gaps matter
Actions that need to be taken.

Edition Notes

Originally published: 2010. WIth new introduction; original foreword by Michelle Rhee omitted from pbk. ed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
370.15/4
Library of Congress
LB1065 .W49 2012, LB1065.W49 2011

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Pagination
xiv, 239 p.
Number of pages
239

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27130052M
ISBN 10
0814420176
ISBN 13
9780814420171
OCLC/WorldCat
730405102, 761693466

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