Richard Reeves: How to solve the education crisis for boys and men
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While studying inequality and social mobility, Richard Reeves made a surprising discovery: in some countries, like the US and UK, boys are drastically lagging behind girls across many academic measures. He explains why these struggles in school are indicative of the larger crises facing boys and men -- and outlines how society could thoughtfully tackle these challenges to work towards a more inclusive, equitable future. (Followed by a Q&A with head of TED Chris Anderson)

One takeaway from this TED Talk is that Title IX, rather than balancing the playing field for women, tilted it against men. Are there any clear solutions?

  • downpunxx@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    When there’s $100 for sports, and $100 has traditionally gone to men’s sports, and then they change is so $90 goes to men’s sports and $10 goes to women’s sports, some men, with overinflated self importance, and no interest in fairness, could see that as “the playing field being tilted against men” sure. lol.

    • lemming934@lemmy.sdf.org
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      2 months ago

      The video is not about sports, it’s about the achievement gap in k-12 education in boys, particularly in social or economically disadvantaged classes.