Women Outnumber Men in Universities in Two-Thirds of Middle-East Countries
Not only are women not marginalized from educational institutions in the Middle-East, they are in fact better educated than most Middle-Eastern men.
Watch DOGS (Dads of Great Students): promoting father involvement and male role-models in elementary schools nationwide
Watch DOGS (Dads of Great Students) is a national program promoting father involvement and positive male role-models in elementary schools. It is sponsored by the National Center for Fathering and has been active since 1999. According to their official website there are over 3,793 active Watch DOGS programs in 46 states as [...]
Update: 16 year-old schoolboy dies from self-immolation
On January 27 this site reported on the attempted suicide of 16-year old Vince Nett at Standley Lake High School in Denver, Colorado. As I explained then, it was unfortunate that the Associated Press missed an opportunity to talk about the phenomenon of suicide among young men, instead bizarrely obsessing with [...]
Good and bad news regarding boys’ education in the UK
I have some good news and some bad news regarding boys' education in the UK. The good news: much like in the United States, a gradual awareness of the issues is rising from the ground up. Some relatively middle-ranking academic officials are even acknowledging the problem. Which is progress. The bad [...]
Schools in Houston, Texas provide opportunities for men to read to kids
For various reasons, at this point in my life I am quite happy to live in Texas. One of those reasons is that there is, relative to other U.S. states, a noticeable uptick in Texas in public concern for men and boys in education. I wouldn't make the claim that Texas is [...]
A landmark event: Male Studies has arrived (online courses available)
Back from the Christmas break, I am proud to announce a landmark moment in the history of men's advocacy in academia. Thanks in large part to Dr. Miles Groth of Wagner College (as well as the notable Dr. Dennis Gouws, among others), the University of South Australia is now offering [...]
This Christmas, give a boy the gift of reading
Christmas is fast approaching. If you're like me, you tried to get a lot of shopping done early, but there's still one or two people you are having trouble finding presents for. Maybe you are having trouble finding gifts for a son, nephew, or other young male relative or friend. [...]
UK: crackdown on rampant learning disability misdiagnoses
Countries like the UK are substantially ahead of the U.S. when it comes to recognizing and advocating solutions for the boy crisis in education. In the United States, boys are the vast majority of students diagnosed with learning disabilities (75%, to be exact), a phenomenon shared by other western countries. [...]
Dr. Muhammad Khalifa’s misguided yet common dismissal of boys’ education issues
A recent article out of the NBC affiliate WILX 10 tells us: Missing from this Advanced Placement English class at Williamston High School are the boys. Just three in Jean Eddington-Shipman's class this semester. "When I first started teaching AP 27 years ago, it was a much better balance," Eddington-Shipman said. [...]
Analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics report in context of men and boys in education
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has recently released its report "Highlights of Women’s Earnings in 2012." Stepping past the obvious question as to why women's issues are visible at all in an institution which (we are led to believe) is in the iron clutches of "patriarchy" (an argument often used to [...]
