MEDIA MENTIONS Here's a link in the Connecticut Post to a very interesting story about gender difference in Connecticut. Here's a link to Ars Technica and an article about my thinking on fantasy violence, video games and boys. The Washington Post likes my book! They write: "Tyre presents years of research and reporting from schools around the country and arrives at a gut-punch of a conclusion: Education in the United States is not geared to boys. Teaching methods favor girls. Boys disengage as early as pre-school and never quite recover. Tyre has the numbers, studies and interviews to back it up....(her) conclusions are striking..." (read the full report here) US New & World Report has this to say in a blog. People magazine has this to say about the book. Teacher Magazine posts an interview with me. ARTICLES Here's a story I wrote for the New York Times about how one affluent couple is weathering the changes in the economy. Here's an article I wrote for Newsweek.com on 9/9/08. It got one million web hits in 48 hours. Cover story I wrote for Newsweek about boys and school. Story I wrote for Newsweek that provides an uncomfortable reality check for the fans of No Child Left Behind. You can teach a child to read but it takes more than classroom instruction for a child to develop a high level of reading comprehension. Cover story I wrote for Newsweek about testing and rising expectations for our littlest learners. Editorial I wrote for Newsweek following the tragedy at Virginia Tech. I got blogged about (in a nice way) in the Wall Street Journal. Story I wrote for Newsweek in response to stories about women "opting out" when what was happening was that rich women were deciding not to work. Cover story I wrote for Newsweek about changing family dynamics during he last economic downturn when a lot of male-heavy industries (read tech) shed their employees and educated wives on the Mommy Track stepped up to become primary breadwinners. Story that I wrote for Newsweek about small high schools. Story I wrote for Newsweek after the Virginia Tech shooting (PDF). BOY TROUBLES: KEY DOCUMENTS What Some Schools Are Doing. A Wealthy Public School Takes on Their Boy Problem (PDF). Thinking With The Boy Brain This Study Speaks Volumes About Why We Should Hesitate to Use Brain Science in the Classroom (PDF). College: Where the Boys Aren't Is It All About Race and Class? Don't Think So (PDF). The American Council On Education doesn't think so either (PDF: Check out p. 19 for the skinny). The Doubters A widely published report about the "good news" about boys and school. Those conclusions are amplified by 'research" by the advocacy group, the American Association of University Women. FOOD FOR THOUGHT Sharp incisive commentary by Richard Whitmire, USA Today editorial writer, www.whyboysfail.com. Tom Mortenson. Always Impressive.