Headline:
Read a book, boy!
Blurb:
Enticing boys to read and keep reading is a challenge faced by educators who say that boys lag behind girls in literacy. Studies of the issue show that the issue is not only occurring in the U.S. and may be attributed to differences in the way boys and girls learn.
Links(5):
Amazon.com : The Day My Butt When Psycho
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=the+day+my+butt+when+psycho&x=0&y=0
...Harvard University Professor Larry Summers recently questioned girls' intrinsic abilities in math and science.
http://www.womensenews.org/story/education/090309/summers-free-speech-friends-at-harvard-skew-facts
...Laura Bush spoke about her new effort to help boys, who she...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4492617
...founder of the Web site www.guysread.com,...
http://www.guysread.com
... literacy study done in 2002, "Reading Don't Fix No Chevys," by Michael W. Smith...
http://www.amazon.com/Reading-Dont-Fix-No-Chevys/dp/0867095091
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