Educational Disparities

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Literacy and Reading Achievement

• National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2025 Report: The 2024 Reading Report Card: 12th Grade Boys Score Lowest in Decades
• OECD PISA, Global Education Analysis / 2025: The "Boy Turn" in Literacy: Girls Outperform Boys in Reading in Every OECD Country

Postsecondary Enrollment and Completion

• The Globe and Mail, Higher Ed Report / 2025: The "Enrollment Flip": Why Men Are Abandoning Higher Education
• M-A Chronicle, Admissions Trends / 2025: The Widening Gender Imbalance: Admissions Offices Struggle to Attract Men

Special Education Identification

• Spark, Research Review / 2025: An Abundance of Boys: Addressing Gender Disproportionality in Special Ed
• WIBM, Special Education Statistics / 2024: The "Emotional Disturbance" Label: Why Boys are 255% More Likely to be Diagnosed

School Discipline Disparities

• North Carolina Civil Rights Law Review, 2024 Analysis: Inequity in Discipline: Black Boys 2x More Likely to be Suspended
• NIH / PMC, Longitudinal Study / 2025: Unpacking the Drivers: How "Subjective" Infractions Target Male Behavior

Classroom Environment and Learning Styles

• Frontiers in Public Health, Meta-Analysis / 2025: Effects of School-Based Physical Activity on Academic Achievement
• UCL News, Research Study / 2024: Decreasing Sedentary Time: Improving Focus and Health in Boys