Writing the Playbook: A Practitioners Guide to Creating a Boy-Friendly School

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Your game plan for getting boys on the path to higher achievement Youve seen it in your school: boys struggling to master basic literacy skills sitting outside the principals office collecting labels like "hyperactive " getting failing grades. Checked out kicked out or dropped out theyre benched when they should be scoring goals on the academic playing field. As a school leader Kelley King has walked the talk: she successfully led her own staff to close the gender gap in reading and writing in just one year. In her step-by-step research-based leadership plan for jump-starting boys achievement she shares: Critical insight into the brain-based differences between boys and girls First-hand leadership and classroom experiences Ready-to-use activities and resources for leading a successful gap-closing initiative With tips anecdotes and more Writing the Playbook provides educators in all roles with a blueprint for creating schools where boys (and girls!) thrive. "Finally some practical advice from an experienced educator on how to make boys into successful students. Kings credentialsmother of both a son and daughter as well as a principal who successfully addressed gender gaps at her schoolare unbeatable." Richard Whitmire Author of Why Boys Fail: Saving Our Sons from an Educational System Thats Leaving Them Behind "Kelley King is both impassioned and level-headed and she starts a conversation that we desperately need to have in our country." Michael Kimmel Author of Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men SUNY Distinguished Professor of Sociology "This is a highly practical and highly relevant book. Two thumbs up!" Eric Jensen Author of Teaching with the Brain in Mind