SCHOOL FOR THOUGHT

Boy oh Boy!

Everyone agrees that boys are doing much worse than girls in school, but there is no agreement on how to solve this problem. We at School for Thought believe that one of the most important, if not THE most important, sources of boys’ difficulties is the way that they are being taught to read in school. After all, it is almost impossible for students with poor reading skills to succeed academically. Click here for a compelling explanation of why modern methods of teaching reading are worse for boys than for girls.