Also in This Issue…
- Feature: Developing Personal Talent in Your Child
- The Editor's View: A Consistent Definition of Giftedness
- Consultant's Corner: Customizing a Gifted Education Program
- Connections: Knowledge is Key: Advocating for your Gifted Child
- The Emotional Edge: Lighting A Fire: Motivating Boys To Succeed
- Special Focus: Questions that Parents of Young Gifted Children Ask the Most
- Testing, Testing, 1,2,3: Benefits and Drawbacks of State-level Assessments for Gifted Students: NCLB and Standardized Testing
- Schoolhouse Options: Homeschooling Curriculum for the Gifted Child
- Currents: ACT and SAT: Optional?
- Currents: Rewarding Kids for Good Grades
- Currents: Helping Boys Succeed in School
Currents
Helping Boys Succeed in School
Volume 7 / Issue 1 / Fall 2006
According to a U.S. Census Bureau report (2004), 12 percent of boys drop out of high school, compared to a dropout rate of 9 percent of girls. In Helping Boys Succeed in Schools (Prufrock, 2006), education experts Terry Neu and Rich Weinfeld provide practical strategies for parents and teachers to help boys:
- channel their natural interests,
- keep them engaged in classroom activities,
- increase their participation in humanities classes,
- reinforce their commitment to school success, and
- deal with social and emotional problems.