Whitmire, Richard <br/><br/>
Why boys fail :  saving our sons from an educational system that's leaving them behind / 
Richard Whitmire 
 - New York :  AMACOM,  2012 
 - xiv, 239 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>Discovering the problem -- The reason for the boy troubles : faltering literacy skills -- The likely causes of the reading lapses -- The writing failures -- The blame game: what gets blamed (unfairly) for the gender gaps -- Solutions: what works for boys? -- Impediments to a solution: the ideological stalemate -- The international story: Australians struggle with the boy troubles -- Why these gender gaps matter -- Actions that need to be taken 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780814420171 0814420176 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Boys--Education<br/>Motivation in education