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Saving Our Sons From Falling Behind in School and Life
Jossey-Bass
August 2005
368 pages
ISBN: 0787977616
Hardcover
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The Key to Unlocking the Minds of Boys There's a crisis in
our society that's been developing for years. This crisis
has captured the attention of everyone from the parent at
the playground to the teacher in your neighborhood classroom
to First Lady Laura Bush in the White House. Too many of our
boys and young men are falling behind in school and life.
Boys receive the majority of the Ds and Fs given all
students, and they create 90 percent of classroom discipline
problems. Eighty percent of all high school dropouts are
boys, millions of American boys are on Ritalin and other
drugs, three out of four learning-disabled students are
boys, and colleges are struggling to retain male students.
This startling trend is not only bad for boys but also for
parents, communities, and for humanity's future in general.
"Wonderfully readable, The Minds of Boys fills a great void
for parents and educators by offering practical ways to
change the developmental course for boys at risk. Gurian and
Stevens show us that we don't have to surrender our boys to
depression or school failure: an essential piece of school
reform!" Robin Karr-Morse, author, Ghosts from the Nursery
"Michael Gurian and Kathy Stevens pull the pieces together
in The Minds of Boys, including the social, emotional,
physical, and cognitive needs of boys. This is a must-read
for educators from preschool through young adulthood and for
any parent or grandparent who is raising a boy. This book is
well researched, offering concrete ways to help our boys
develop and flourish in and out of school." Dr. Paul D.
Slocumb, author, Hear Our Cry: Boys in Crisis "The Minds of
Boys is an excellent read. I found it enlightening not only
as a neuroscientist but also as the mother of a young boy.
It has absolutely changed the way that I think about boys
(and men) and the ways in which they express their
enthusiasm for life." Tracey J. Shors, Ph.D., Department of
Psychology, Center for Collaborative Neuroscience, Rutgers
University
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