Menlo School Library: Adolescence (Re)imagined: Teens in School

Gender-Based Imbalances

"What's the Problem With School?" (PBS
Aimed at parents and examining how early structural expectations and teacher bias hurt boys.
"The War Against Boys" (Atlantic, 2000)
Christina Sommers original argument that schools disenfranchise male learners and over-privilege female ones.
"How to Make School Better for Boys" (Atlantic, 2013)
Extends the argument Sommers makes in the 2000s piece, but with more specifics as to what might actually change in school-based structures.
"Why Girls Beat Boys at School & Lose To Them in the Office" (New York Times Op-Ed, 2019)
Tracks how boys and girls go through school differently--with different expectations and reinforcement from school-based structures--and posits the long-term effects.
"Gender Equity in the Classroom" (Edutopia, 2017)
Aimed at teachers. Includes framing of inequitable structures for women and tips for teachers to improve.
"How Our Education System Undermines Gender Equity" (Brookings, 2018)
Makes the argument that schools need to look more at systemic disenfranchisement of young women.