TY  - BOOK
AU  - Whitmire, Richard
TI  - Why Boys Fail: Saving Our Sons From an Educational System That's Leaving Them Behind
SN  - 9780814415344
U1  - 370.154 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - AMACOM
KW  - Education
KW  - Motivation in Education
N1  - Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction to the Paperback Edition; 1 Discovering the Problem; 2 The Reason for the Boy Troubles: Faltering Literacy Skills; 3 The Likely Causes of the Reading Lapses; 4 The Writing Failures; 5 The Blame Game: What Gets Blamed (Unfairly) for the Gender Gaps; 6 Solutions: What Works for Boys?; 7 Impediments to a Solution: The Ideological Stalemate; 8 The International Story: Australians Struggle with the Boy Troubles; 9 Why These Gender Gaps Matter; 10 Actions That Need to Be Taken; Appendix: The Facts About Boys
ER  -