A short slide show about the book The Problem with Boys' Education: Beyond the Backlash.

1. The Problem with Boys’ Education: Beyond the Backlash Edited by Wayne Martino, Michael Kehler, Marcus B. Weaver-Hightower Twelve Essays Slides by Kate Keith-Fitzgerald

2. Harassment and Bullying Pervasive, defines ideas of masculinity Having the proper status Create good mentors Usually based around heteronormanity Subtle and hard to track since hidden within the day to day of school life

3. Marginalizing Start out seen as troublemakers, never countered-easily becomes a racial issue Outside the norms of culture and gender Hetreosexuality as the norm, those who don’t fit are teased and try to conform.

4. Boys over Girls Different styles of learning Meeting needs in the classroom Is there are a real gender gap?-literacy test scores, higher education, data says it does Australia-healing boys UK-Meeting Standards

5. Solutions Change the norms and listen to the school community Never as simple as just one person being a victim Look into the larger issues of home life and life outside school Ask your students for help in changing things

6. Book Take Aways Dense individual essays with good nuggets hidden within them I’ve highlighted a few here, but best for thinking about theory. A complex book of essays that’s worth digging into and returning to.