I read an interesting article about boys struggling at school. This quote caught my eye:
Danbury deputy superintendent William Glass believes the issue is much bigger than boys’ literacy skills.
“He blamed the accountability movement. Math and reading tests that determine school performance were brought into the lower grade levels and to perform well, schools reduced other subjects and that’s played havoc with child development.”
I often get told by female teachers that there are not nearly enough male teachers in the system, and that the boys really need male teachers. I’m not sure they need male teachers, I think they just need good ones. This article provides some possible reasons for the disparity between girls and boys academically.
Topical Teaching 
November 25, 2010 at 3:02 pm |
Hi! Thank you for your comment! I’ve looked through some of your topics and they seem very heartful and written on rather problematic issues. Concerning your this topic I’d like to say that here in our country we have the same problem. Cause most our schools lack male teachers. To my mind, boys do need male ones, because it makes them easy to open themselves, rather than communicating with female ones. So boys may be influenced by males in a good sense of this word.
November 25, 2010 at 3:17 pm |
Thanks for the contribution. I loved reading your blog and couldn’t resist commenting on it (it must have been the Dead Poet Society reference). Teaching boys correctly is a major problem that wont go away unless we address it better.