Boys and Raising Cain

ccording to the National Center for Educational Statistics:

• Boys are 30 percent more likely than girls to flunk or drop out of school;
• When it comes to grades and homework, girls outperform boys in elementary, secondary, high school, college, and even graduate school;
• Boys are four to five times more likely than girls to be diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD);
• Women outnumber men in higher education with 56 percent of bachelor's degrees and 55 percent of graduate degrees going to women.

According to the U.S. Department of Education:

• Boys make up two-thirds of the students in special education and are five times more likely to be classified as hyperactive.
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• http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11012356/site/newsweek/