College of Education and Human Development
Professor Brozo Cited in New York Times Article on Boys' Grade Gap
February 4, 2013
Dr. Brozo's thesis about globalization and the academic and grade gap between boys and girls was cited in the New York Times this past weekend.
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William Brozo, professor of literacy at the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University, is the author of numerous books and articles about adolescent literacy development.
In a New York Times article that appeared this weekend called "The Boys at the Back," Christina Hoff Sommers describes three major policy reasons for focusing on boys’ schooling:
"A second reason is globalization. Richard Whitmire, an education writer, and William Brozo, a literacy expert, write that “the global economic race we read so much about — the marathon to produce the most educated work force, and therefore the most prosperous nation — really comes down to a calculation: whichever nation solves these ‘boy troubles’ wins the race.”
"That’s probably an overstatement, but we do know that the large-scale entry of women into the work force paid large economic dividends. It stands to reason that raising male academic achievement is essential to raising labor productivity and, ultimately, living standards."
The full article is on the New York Times website.
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