Why boys fail [electronic resource] : saving our sons from an educational system that's leaving them behind / Richard Whitmire.

Discovering the problem
The reason for the boy troubles: faltering literacy skills
The likely causes of the reading lapses
The writing failures
The blame game: what gets blamed (unfairly) for the gender gaps
Solutions: what works for boys?
Impediments to a solution: the ideological stalemate
The international story: Australians struggle with the boy troubles
Why these gender gaps matter
Actions that need to be taken.