Executive Summary
- A generation ago, female students scored far below males in sciences, a gap that teachers, administrators and school boards have since closed.
- Today, boys lag behind girls at school, especially in literacy and language arts.
- In 1999, 9% of 20-year-old women had not completed high school, compared to 15% of 20-year-old-men.
- Only 42% of university students are men, and the number keeps falling.
- Today’s teaching styles are on balance better suited to the needs of girls, not boys.
- Boys lack male role models at school, as few teachers are men.
- Single-sex classrooms could help both boys and girls to learn better.
- More men are needed at all levels of the school system.
- Teachers must accommodate the learning styles of all their students.
- Parents should have the freedom to choose the school that best suits their child’s needs.
