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November 2010 | Volume 68 | Number 3 Closing Opportunity Gaps Pages 38-42
Kelley King, Michael Gurian and Kathy Stevens
Boys are in crisis in many academic areas. But to turn things around, schools must implement instruction that is both boy- and girl-friendly.
Diane Cotner had been teaching "forever," so she was confident in her teaching abilities. In 2007, however, confronted with an extraordinarily wiggly group of 2nd grade boys in a chronically low-performing school, Diane told her principal, "I can't even get the boys to sit still for a short phonics lesson. I have to do something."
Desha Bierbaum, her principal, responded with a new possibility. "I've been learning about the differences in how boys and girls learn. Why don't you try letting the fidgety boys stand up and move around while you teach? That helps some boys' brains focus and learn better."
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