David LePere, Executive Director of Cherokee Creek Boys School, spoke to Lon Woodbury and Liz McGhee on L.A. Talk Radio about how we can help boys succeed in school.
Lon Woodbury is the host of the Parenting Choices for Struggling Teens radio show. He is an Independent Educational Consultant and the founder of the popular Woodbury Reports. He has worked with families and struggling teens since 1984. Co-host Elizabeth McGhee is the Director of Admissions and Referral Relations at Sandhill Child Development Center, and she has over 19 years of clinical, consulting and referral relations experience.
A Brief Bio On David LePere
In 1989, David became an therapeutic education and learning specialist. He later became a primary counselor and wilderness guide. From 2003 on, he has served in executive positions for two therapeutic schools and one wilderness treatment program. His unique blend of professional experiences are a tremendous asset to Cherokee Creek.
Some Practical Ideas on Just how We Can Help Boys Succeed in School
David talked about how there is a problem in the education of boys in both public and private schools. As a father of three boys himself, he is aware of how boyish behavior often runs contrary to the norms of regular schools. Moreover, in his role as an educator at Cherokee Creek Boys School, a middle school for boys, he has heard many scary stories about how the zero tolerance policy in school can often result in boys being expelled for boyish antics. In many cases, too, low impulse control led to boys being hastily diagnosed as having ADHD.
He said that the boy crisis across the nation had created some alarming statistics: 80% of boys drop out of high school, 40% drop out of college, and 70% of D's and F's in schools go to boys. Although there are numerous reasons for this disturbing trend, from a change in society's expectation of men as primary bread winners to cultural shifts in the educational system, he felt that one reason boys fell through the cracks was because of the myth of gender brain plasticity: the unscientific belief that men and women had similar brains and could learn everything equally well and interchangeably. Besides difficulties in school, the boy crisis also created a "failure to launch," a situation where young men did not feel motivated to find a job, live on their own, and raise a family.
Lon Woodbury is the host of the Parenting Choices for Struggling Teens radio show. He is an Independent Educational Consultant and the founder of the popular Woodbury Reports. He has worked with families and struggling teens since 1984. Co-host Elizabeth McGhee is the Director of Admissions and Referral Relations at Sandhill Child Development Center, and she has over 19 years of clinical, consulting and referral relations experience.
A Brief Bio On David LePere
In 1989, David became an therapeutic education and learning specialist. He later became a primary counselor and wilderness guide. From 2003 on, he has served in executive positions for two therapeutic schools and one wilderness treatment program. His unique blend of professional experiences are a tremendous asset to Cherokee Creek.
Some Practical Ideas on Just how We Can Help Boys Succeed in School
David talked about how there is a problem in the education of boys in both public and private schools. As a father of three boys himself, he is aware of how boyish behavior often runs contrary to the norms of regular schools. Moreover, in his role as an educator at Cherokee Creek Boys School, a middle school for boys, he has heard many scary stories about how the zero tolerance policy in school can often result in boys being expelled for boyish antics. In many cases, too, low impulse control led to boys being hastily diagnosed as having ADHD.
He said that the boy crisis across the nation had created some alarming statistics: 80% of boys drop out of high school, 40% drop out of college, and 70% of D's and F's in schools go to boys. Although there are numerous reasons for this disturbing trend, from a change in society's expectation of men as primary bread winners to cultural shifts in the educational system, he felt that one reason boys fell through the cracks was because of the myth of gender brain plasticity: the unscientific belief that men and women had similar brains and could learn everything equally well and interchangeably. Besides difficulties in school, the boy crisis also created a "failure to launch," a situation where young men did not feel motivated to find a job, live on their own, and raise a family.
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Learn more about Lon Woodbury on Struggling Teens. He has recorded the entire interview on his weekly L.A. Talk Radio show for people to listen to at any time.
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