Harnessing Boys’ Strengths and Passions to Improve Academic Achievement (7/7/14) / MacNeil/Lehrer Productions.
Increasingly, boys appear to be falling behind girls academically. Test statistics, grades and college degrees are part of the story, but experts are also concerned about the messages young men get about masculinity. Gwen Ifill talks with Michael Thompson, author of Raising Cain; Protecting the Emot...
| Uniform Title: | Films on Demand.
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| Language: | English |
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English |
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Closed-captioned. |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
MacNeil/Lehrer Productions,
[2014]
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| Series: | Films on Demand.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 video file (10 min., 3 sec)) : sound, color. |
| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Summary: |
Increasingly, boys appear to be falling behind girls academically. Test statistics, grades and college degrees are part of the story, but experts are also concerned about the messages young men get about masculinity. Gwen Ifill talks with Michael Thompson, author of Raising Cain; Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys; Ever Forward Club founder Ashanti Branch; and Christina Hoff Sommers, author of The War Against Boys. |
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| Note: | Originally released by MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, 2014. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on September 06, 2017. |
| Interest Grade Level: |
9 - 12, Academic/AP |
| System Details: | Streaming video file. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
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Title from distributor's description |