Closing the Academic Gender Gap:
Helping Boys Succeed in School

Boys are increasingly falling behind when measured by many indicators of academic success including grades, reading skills, graduation rates, persistence in higher education programs, and rates of disciplinary sanctions. This discussion among educators from the University of Iowa analyzes these difficulties and describes tools and strategies educators might consider adopting when working with boys and young men that will help assure boys' academic success.

Moderator:

Sam V. Cochran
Clinical Professor, Counseling Psychology
 

Panelists:

Gail Masuchika Boldt
Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Instruction
 
William Ming Liu

Assistant Professor, Counseling Psychology
 
Nicholas Colangelo

Blank Professor of Gifted Education
Director, Belin-Blank Center
 
Nicholas C. Larma

Doctoral Student, Counseling Psychology

For more information contact Sam Cochran at sam-cochran@uiowa.edu