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Call for Copy: Boys and Reading: How Do We Get Boys to
Wrestle with the Pages?

A generation ago educators identified an achievement gap
between boys and girls in math and science. Boys were
taking and excelling in more science and math classes than
girls. With dedication, commitments across districts and
states, careful revision of curriculum, the gap closed. Now
when you peek in a calculus class you are apt to see as
many girls as boys.

Today, schools have another achievement gap educators must
address, one that has undermined English classes for
decades: Boys lag behind girls as readers. In Idaho, they
score lower than girls in reading and language usage on the
ISAT starting in the third grade and they never catch up.
In addition to standardized test data, English teachers
have tons of anecdotal evidence of boys’ attitudes toward
the study of litera...See More


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