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Educating Boys: Bridging Gaps, Building Futures
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Educating Boys: Bridging Gaps, Building Futures

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220 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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Boys and men in America are struggling across multiple dimensions — in education, employment, mental health, and family life — and policymakers are finally taking notice. Governors across the country have launched initiatives aimed at supporting male well-being, signaling a potential turning point in public discourse. Yet awareness alone is insufficient. The challenges are deep and structural and demand rigorous evidence and thoughtful policy rather than symbolic gestures. 

This volume focuses on K–12 education as a critical domain where gender gaps are stark, measurable, and actionable. Boys consistently trail girls in reading and behavioral outcomes, with consequences that ripple into adulthood. Drawing on scholarship from multiple disciplines, the contributors examine what we know about these gaps, why they exist, and what schools and systems can realistically do about them. The goal is not to pit boys against girls, but to promote success for all.

Paperback: $42.00, Sale Price $33.60, ISBN: 9798348864538 
Hardcover: $60.00, Sale Price $58.00, ISBN: 9798348864545 
 
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Introduction
Richard V. Reeves, Pedro Noguera, and Ioakim Boutakidis
Why Now? Why Education?
 
Overview of Gender Gaps in Education
Benjamin M. Smith
Boys’ K–12 Education: Gaps, Trends, and Outcomes
 
Mechanisms Behind the Gaps
Michael C. Reichert
Educating Boys: Notes from the Field
David C. Geary
The Evolved Male in the Modern Classroom
Sean F. Reardon, Sadie Richardson, and Sofia Wilson
Gender Differences in the Educational Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dan Goldhaber and Stephanie Liddle
Gender, Ethnoracial, and Economic Differences in the Predictive Power of Early-Grade Test Scores on College Enrollment and Degree Completion
 
Potential Solutions
Leonard Sax
Single-Sex Public Schools for Boys: Reflections After 25 Years
Clare Suter
Do Male Teachers Matter to Boys’ Education?
Jean E. Rhodes
Mentoring Relationships in the Lives of Boys and Young Men
Hannah C. Kistler and Shaun M. Dougherty
Technical Education: Boys and Men
Michael Hansen
Should Gender Gaps Be Incorporated into School Accountability Measures? If So, How?
 
In Practice
Katie Jenner
Turning Insight into Impact for Indiana’s Male Students
Linda Darling-Hammond and Hanna Melnick
Education Policy in Support of Boys and Men
 
Future Directions
Ioakim Boutakidis
Educating Boys and Men: Remaining Questions and Final Thoughts