March 31, 2008
Our Most Underserved Students: Smart, Active Boys
When I was a boy, I just could not sit still in class. I was very bored and active by nature, so I would rock my chair back, whisper and write notes to kids, even wander around the classroom–until the teacher yelled, “Martin, sit down!”
This was decades ago. Today, I suspect I would have been [...]
March 14, 2008
Saving Our Young Men
This year, almost twice as many women as men will earn bachelor’s degrees. For the same work, women typically earn at least as much as men. Yet society continues to do more for girls and women, usually at men’s expense.
By Marty Nemko
Twenty years ago, when I began career counseling, my male and female [...]
January 24, 2008
Battling For Boys (How Schools Stifle Our Sons)
In the early 1980s, men and women earned an equal proportion of college degrees. Today, however, women attain 135 degrees for every 100 that men do, the National Center for Education Statistics recently reported. By 2016, it’ll be 162 to 100.
Since good jobs increasingly require a degree, that disparity portends disaster for men. And a [...]
