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“School’s not cool”: How peer pressure can hurt boys’ education
Peer pressure and masculine norms discourage boys—especially disadvantaged ones—from visible academic effort, widening education gaps.
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AIBM President Richard V. Reeves explains why young men are falling behind
From collapsing educational outcomes to shrinking roles in the labor market, boys and men are facing real structural challenges that should not be ignored.
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