Boys Falling Behind

Nicholas Kristof is a New York times columnist, who with his wife Sheryl WuDunn has written a book called Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, notes in a recent column that boys are falling behind in school in the U.S. and other western nations: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/opinion/28kristof.html?scp=1&sq=kristof%20column%20boys&st=cse

Here is a good quote, relevant to our Gender course: "At a time when men are still hugely overrepresented in Congress, on executive boards and in the corridors of power, does it matter that boys are struggling in schools? Of course it does: our future depends on making the best use of human capital we can, whether it belongs to girls or boys."

Read the column, and go to the website for Half the Sky: http://www.halftheskymovement.org/
and read about the book, perhaps including the endorsements of the book by celebrities including George Clooney and Angelina Jolie!