Oh, yes, that was big a few years ago. Girls get better grades. Girls are more likely to get into college, while boys are more likely to get into trouble. Boys are the ones in trouble.
Many educators are confused about gender equity.
Wasn't that battle fought and won years ago. Until 1980, Ivy League schools like Columbia University would not even admit women. Today, women are the majority of college students. Perhaps it is time to declare victory and move on. Kazin writes that in the virtual civil war between liberals and conservatives that characterized the 1960s, it was actually the conservatives who won most of the battles.