Harnessing Boys’ Strengths and Passions to Improve Academic Achievement (7/7/14)

Infobase, (film distributor.). MacNeil/Lehrer Productions (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: Increasingly, boys appear to be falling behind girls academically. Test statistics, grades and college degrees are part of the story, but experts are also concerned about the messages young men get about masculinity. Gwen Ifill talks with Michael Thompson, author of Raising Cain; Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys; Ever Forward Club founder Ashanti Branch; and Christina Hoff Sommers, author of The War Against Boys.

Record details

Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (1 video file (10 min., 3 sec)) : sound, color.
Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, [2014]
Distributor: New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2017.
Copyright: ©2014

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released by MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, 2014. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on September 06, 2017.
Formatted Contents Note:	Harnessing Boys’ Strengths and Passions to Improve Academic Achievement (7/7/14) (10:03);
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
Target Audience Note:	9 - 12, Academic/AP
System Details Note:	Streaming video file. System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's description