Summary of Christina Hoff Sommers's The War Against Boys

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#1 Aviation High School is a great example of how a school can help students become engaged and interested in learning. The school is all about structure, and students are kept so busy that they have neither the time nor the desire for antics.

#2 There are very few visits from American officials to Aviation High. The school is 85 percent male, and the women students are well respected, but their numbers remain minuscule.

#3 There is no simple answer as to why there are so few girls in Aviation High School’s program, but the school’s administrators are confident that their success will allay any concerns.

#4 The shortchanged-girl movement was based on a lot of unconventional evidence, such as controversial self-esteem studies, unpublished reports on classroom interactions, and speculative, metaphor-laden theories about school climates and female adolescent malaise.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822511309

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Contents

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Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Aviation High School is a great example of how a school can help students become engaged and interested in learning. The school is all about structure, and students are kept so busy that they have neither the time nor the desire for antics.

#2

There are very few visits from American officials to Aviation High. The school is 85 percent male, and the women students are well respected, but their numbers remain minuscule.

#3

There is no simple answer as to why there are so few girls in Aviation High School’s program, but the school’s administrators are confident that their success will allay any concerns.

#4

The shortchanged-girl movement was based on a lot of unconventional evidence, such as controversial self-esteem studies, unpublished reports on classroom interactions, and speculative, metaphor-laden theories about school climates and female adolescent malaise.

#5

The DOE’s National Center for Education Statistics analyzed forty-four concrete indicators of academic success and failure. About half of the indicators showed no differences between boys and girls.

#6

The new study revealed that by the early 1990s, American girls were flourishing in unprecedented ways. They were outperforming boys in the classroom and extracurricular activities.

#7

The Department of Education reported that a sixth-grade boy, whose mother asked that he be identified as Dan, squirmed during his parents’ meeting with his teacher. His teacher told his parents that he wasn’t trying hard enough in school.

#8

The fact that boys score higher on the SAT than girls tells us more about the selection of students taking the test than it does about any