gender

We've mentioned here more than once that boys tend to trail girls in academic settings. Boys are also more likely to get in trouble, and more likely to…

If you follow our work here on State of Opportunity, it will not be news to hear that girls currently outperform boys on most academic measures. A piece…

It’s been a long, hot summer for uncomfortable questions about masculinity---at least in my news and pop culture consumption it has.The George Zimmerman…

Chapter 1 "That’s when you need somebody."Fourteen-year-old Mario lives … somewhere in Grand Rapids. He doesn’t want to be identified on the air.He sits,…

We're rolling out a few programs and events all about how the American family is changing and how that matters for children who grow up in these…

If you want to know how kids gets their ideas about something like race or gender, it’s not just a matter of asking them. They might not know where they…

We are still a long way from gender equality in the United States. Women currently make less money than men, even when working the same job. And when it…