Why Boys Fail: Saving Our Sons from an Educational System That's Leaving Them Behind

by Richard Whitmire

Book Overview

Boys are falling behind in school. The biggest culprits are not video games; pop culture or biased, female-dominated schools. The real problem is that boys have been thrust into a new school environment that demands high-level reading and writing skills long before they can handle them. In this environment, boys fall farther and farther behind, and the problem gets pushed into college. In a time when more and more jobs need post-high school degrees,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814415342
• ISBN13: 9780814415344
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: AMACOM
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up