feminizing the classroom

Gerry Garibaldi on how schools shortchange boys

As Sommers understood, it is boys’ aggressive and rationalist nature—redefined by educators as a behavioral disorder—that’s getting so many of them in trouble in the feminized schools. Their problem: they don’t want to be girls...

Good piece, and while I wonder whether a 7% differential in graduation rates is that significant, I do think one of the problems in the schools is that young female teachers simply don't know how to - or are unable to - handle boys. It's not a boy problem at all, they are what they are. OTOH, there's a pretty good racket going to drug them into submission...

And I'll be honest, I'm not surprised to find this from San Fran (hat tip: Sniffer) But I'll be damned if I know what to think about it:

Park Day's gender-neutral metamorphosis happened over the past few years, as applications trickled in for kindergartners who didn't fit on either side of the gender line. One girl enrolled as a boy, and there were other children who didn't dress or act in gender-typical ways. Last year the school hired a consultant to help the staff accommodate these new students.

I guess if you can't beat 'em, conjoin em.