Improving Boy's Education in Early Childhood

 

I have selected the topic of Improving Boy's Education in Early Childhood. Because it is a fact that globally we are losing our boys. As a result, we can hardly find healthy males willing to take their rightful position in society. Also, to assist females with certain tasks. With that said, I have found a fascinating article regarding our boys.

Article: Raising and Educating Healthy Boys: A Report on the Growing Crisis in Boys’ Education 

Here is the link to the article: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED500855.pdf

Summary of the Article

Children as young as three and four are really good at observing, and they see the inequities. We are sanctioning this in our practices, and everyone is absorbing it. -- Luba Lynch Executive Director A.L. Mailman Family Foundation

 We need to start addressing issues of gender socialization of boys and girls at the preschool level. At stake is the full potential of each individual child’s cognitive, social, and emotional development. -- Barbara Sprung Co-Director Educational Equity Center at AED

Ideas about how boys and girls are “supposed to be” are planted early. The messages boys receive about what it means to be male in this society are connected to their socioemotional and academic development. If we focus on boys’ school experience early on, we will improve education for all children. -- Merle Frosch Co-Director Educational Equity Center at AED

We have to start with very young boys. Sometimes adolescent boys communicate with silence. We know that boys crave connection and, if we can find ways to make it safe, they can expand themselves. -- Denise Glyn Borders Senior VP & Group Director U.S. Education Workforce Development Academy for Educational Development 

We do not help boys develop the language of feelings. The culture demeans their inner lives. If you have feelings or are sensitive, you are not an authentic boy; you don't fit in. Boys halve themselves by disavowing qualities as they get older; anything feminine is not a boy. Mothers feel that they can't rely on their own instincts on what is good for their sons. -- Susan Shaffer Deputy Director & Director of Gender Equity Programs Mid-Atlantic Equity Center

One of the research questions was, “Have you ever expelled a student from preschool in the last 12 months?” We defined expelled as "told to leave the program forever, never to come back, not part of the planned transition to another class or program." The answers were quite startling and reveal that many boys are never even given a chance. -- Walter Gilliam Assistant Professor of Child Psychiatry and Psychology Yale University Child Study centre

Reference

https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED500855.pdf