Stories about "Maine Boys Network"
What boys want: perspectives on gender differences
Sunday, March 1, 2009 11:23 am
If you’ve been paying attention to education news, you know that boys are falling behind academically. You’ve heard they are lagging in reading and writing, graduating from high school at lower rates than girls, and filling fewer seats in college classrooms.
Bates psychology professor studies achievement of boys and young men
Thursday, February 12, 2009 4:17 pm
Professor of Psychology Georgia Nigro participates in the Maine Boys Network, a consortium of policy analysts, educators and youth-services professionals that sponsored a year-long study on the academic underachievement of 540 Maine boys and young men