Resources for Improving Boys Achievement
Below are links that provide information on how to help boys thrive in school and in life.
You'll observe that many of these links are provided by the Brittish and Australian governments. Both of these governments observed a decline in boys' achievement 10 years ago and took action.
1. Further Reading (Business Week, May 2003)
2. Boys' Education Research and Websites (Australian Government Website)
3. Boys Education Resource List (Australian SofWeb)
4. Boys Gender and Schooling (Queensland Government, Australia)
5. Scheme to Boost Boys' Achievement Extended (Education Guardian, October 2005)
6. Raising Boys' Achievement (National Literacy Trust, United Kingdom)
7. Raising Boys Achievement Project (Department for Education and Skill, UK Government)
8. Raising Boys Achievement (University of Cambridge Research Project)
9. Supporting Our Sons (Website full of resources on raising boys.)
10. Helping Underachieving Boys Read Well and Often (ERIC Digest, Feb 2003)
11. A Seven Year Study of the Effects of Synthetic Phonics Teaching on Reading and Spelling Attainment (Scottish Executive Education Department, Feb 2005)
12. Boys and Books (International Reading Association)
13. Guys Read (Web site developed by author Jon Sciezka -- author of The Stinky Cheese Man -- to get boys reading)
14. Raising Boys Achievement in Writing (Department for Education and Skill, UK Government)