Birdgirl,
I am a primary schol teacher. All my siblings and father are either educators or administrators. Let's remember what mark twain once said..."There are white lies, damned lies and statistics." Who paid for those studies you have quoted? You have a grown son. Think about it. Who is better able to sit and write for hours on end? Girls. Who is better suited to book learning versus hands on? Girls. The whole system is slanted towards women because women were at the heart of public education (Not university as in Plato's time) in America. I am happy to see this slowly changing. There are more and more resources for boy's particular strenghts but it is far from equal.

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