Yonkers Boys: A New Charter School Promoting the “Science of the Male”
The Foundation for Male Studies is embarking on a new project: the creation of a new boys’ charter school called Yonker’s Boys.
Teacher’s Comment on Boy’s Homework: “Beautifully Written! For a Boy!”
Imagine if a girl’s math homework was graded in this way: “Excellent calculations, for a girl!”
Prejudice Exposed: Tracy Crawford of Roots ‘N Wings Montessori
The Director of a Montessori School who stated she has a presumption against hiring men out of a fear of misconduct has been identified.
Director of Montessori preschool: “You do not automatically trust men around young children.”
Update 2/8/15: we've identified the director of this Montessori school, and the school as well. Stay tuned. If there is one thing that men's advocates tend to do well, it's make screenshots and keep records of what is said and done. Today I bring you another such example. It's not [...]
Playing with the boys, playing like the boys
It is a common refrain that where women are under-represented in some field or other, be it in the STEM subjects, as politicians or Senators or as orchestral conductors, this is in some way due to society discouraging them or failing to actively encourage them. It is not always clear [...]
Three cheers: UT Austin’s nursing program reaches out to men
I've seen several good things coming out of UT Austin, and more good things out of Texas generally (although of course no state is perfect). Add this to the list: UT Austin's dean for the School of Nursing Alexa Stuifbergen is actively reaching out to male students and encouraging them to sign [...]
Keynote Presentation: Male Students in Peril Conference, November 1, 2014 (video)
At last, here it is: the keynote presentation from the November 1 Male Students in Peril conference at Kennesaw State University. In this presentation I cover many of the basic issues regarding educational equity for men and boys. The video above does not include the Q&A session. And I believe [...]
Do men’s advocates criticize feminism too much?
At the recent Male Students in Peril conference at Kennesaw State University I was posed a question (and saw it asked of others as well): do we criticize feminism too much? My answer is this: occasionally yes, but generally no. And to put it in context, we are nowhere as [...]
A School Practice We Should Do Away With That Disproportionately Harms Boys: Punishment by “Writing Sentences”
Treating writing as a punishment by having disciplined students write sentences is contrary to the goals of education.
