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She used her child as an anecdote for all boys. Do you think that the current childhood education strategy is what is resulting in 1/3 higher college success r

She used her child as an anecdote for all boys. Do you think that the current childhood education strategy is what is resulting in 1/3 higher college success rate of women? What do you think would be necessary to get that ratio a more gender neutral 50/50?

MarcScott 12y ago
Probably the same sort of strategies that would narrow the pay gap between males and females and make post-college salaries more gender neutral. Using your child as an anecdote makes it just that - an anecdote. I teach male students who are forced to engage in 2 hours of Physical Education every week, and have to endure failure after failure in the subject. As I said in my initial comment, if we want boys, or any group, to succeed we need to be tailoring our lessons to those students. Resources are finite however, and this is the real issue.
- mreiland 12y ago
  post-college salaries are w/i 5% of each other when controlled for variables such as education, experience, and profession.
- belorn 12y ago
  I doubt anyone would be willing to employ the same strategies. We would first need to blame female teachers for perpetrate a hostile culture, where male teachers can not go to work without feeling they must represent the male gender, or the assumption that they are pedophiles for taking a job in education. Next we would need to add a incentive scheme for male students only, maybe getting money for achieving higher grades. Female students might feel this to be unfair, but if they complain they should be told that they are against gender equality, and for added insult, that they are privileged and they can't comment on the issue since they are female. If that fails, a prominent male teachers could then declare that all schools are sexists, and then go to start a male only school where no female teachers or student are allowed to enter. A place where men can talk with other men, free from disruption of women. This can then be a keynoted talk on conferences as a success story for gender equality.

MarcScott 12y ago

Probably the same sort of strategies that would narrow the pay gap between males and females and make post-college salaries more gender neutral. Using your child as an anecdote makes it just that - an anecdote. I teach male students who are forced to engage in 2 hours of Physical Education every week, and have to endure failure after failure in the subject. As I said in my initial comment, if we want boys, or any group, to succeed we need to be tailoring our lessons to those students. Resources are finite however, and this is the real issue.

mreiland 12y ago
post-college salaries are w/i 5% of each other when controlled for variables such as education, experience, and profession.
belorn 12y ago
I doubt anyone would be willing to employ the same strategies. We would first need to blame female teachers for perpetrate a hostile culture, where male teachers can not go to work without feeling they must represent the male gender, or the assumption that they are pedophiles for taking a job in education. Next we would need to add a incentive scheme for male students only, maybe getting money for achieving higher grades. Female students might feel this to be unfair, but if they complain they should be told that they are against gender equality, and for added insult, that they are privileged and they can't comment on the issue since they are female. If that fails, a prominent male teachers could then declare that all schools are sexists, and then go to start a male only school where no female teachers or student are allowed to enter. A place where men can talk with other men, free from disruption of women. This can then be a keynoted talk on conferences as a success story for gender equality.