*Of Boys and Men*

…I was shocked to discover that many social policy interventions, including some of the most touted, don’t help boys and men.  The one that first caught my eye was a free college program in Kalamazoo, Michigan.  According to its evaluation team, “women experienced large gains,” in terms of college completion (increasing by 50%), “while men seem to experience zero benefit.”  This is an astonishing finding.  Making college free had no impact on men…So not only are many boys and men struggling, they are less likely to be helped by policy interventions.

And:

In the U.S. for example, the 2020 decline in college enrollment was seven times greater for male than for female students.

And:

The bottom line is that Finland’s internationally acclaimed educational performance is entirely explained by the stunning performance of Finnish girls.

That is from the forthcoming Richard V. Reeves book, one of the most important of this year, perhaps the most important.