The Boy Problem: Educating Boys in Urban America, 1870-1970

by Julia Grant

Book Overview

A historical perspective on the factors affecting boys' relationships with school and the criminal justice system.

Outstanding Academic Title, Choice

America's educational system has a problem with boys, and it's nothing new.

The question of what to do with boys--the "boy problem"--has vexed educators and social commentators for more than a century. Contemporary debates about poor academic performance of boys, especially...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421412594
• ISBN13: 9781421412597
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.0"