There is also a serious problem with the number of males attending 4 year colleges. My son will be a senior in h.s. in the fall and most of the colleges that we've visited (or read about) are about 60% female. This is troubling to me on so many levels. Males, who used to be considered the main 'bread winners' are not going to college in the number that they once did. We know that there are fewer and fewer jobs available for those w/o degrees. Factory jobs are practically non-existent. If males are to support their families (even if only for when their wives take maternity leave, or reduce their hours for childcare) I find this to be outrageous. It is unfair. I believe that if females were attending college at the ratio men are, there would be a national outcry to bring women up to par to their male counterparts!
--- On Fri, 7/30/10, Jennifer Bishop <[email protected]> wrote: From: Jennifer Bishop <[email protected]> Subject: [MOSAIC] Adolescent Boys & Reading To: [email protected] Date: Friday, July 30, 2010, 1:30 AM Is there really a crisis related to our boys and their literacy or is it better put that education really doesn't care of their level of literacy but simply pays attention to a biased reading test and how they do bubbling in the right answer. As I research, I see that great questions are being raised as to our education neglecting them. For example, the fact that boys typically score lower than girls on standardized testing. As a result, boys are being put into remedial reading programs because their level of literacy is being measured simply by a test score. I find this issue tremendously worrisome, does anyone else???? Literacy cannot be measured by one test, and frankly, is there anyone out there that would be motivated by an intensive, remedial reading class that most likely is scripted and does not include great literature? _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
