Talk:Education

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/23/motherhood-women-freeze-eggs-male-partners-men-fertility

The problem comes from measuring education in years of formal schooling. This comes with a couple of problems. (1) Not every year of formal schooling is equally valuable. A year in engineering is worth more to the individual and society than a year in gender studies. (2) Not all education is acquired formally.

While there are a number of recognised problems with boys in education. I think something else is going on as well:

I think many young men realise that the value proposition in tertiary education has changed and they are finding alternatives.

In contrast many young women are going because it's what their friends and parents did.

We know that, in general, women are significantly more consensus driven than men. Indeed, feminists cite this as an advantage.

1. Lavy (2008) – Gender Stereotypes and Academic Outcomes https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2008.02.009

2. Terrier (2020) – Boys Lag Behind: How Teachers' Gender Biases Affect Student Achievement https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2020.101981

3. Cornwell, Mustard & Van Parys (2013) – Gender Disparities in Test Scores and Teacher Assessments https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.48.1.236

4. Di Liberto, Casula & Pau (2022) – Grading Practices, Gender Bias and Educational Outcomes https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1365971

5. Lievore & Triventi (2023) – Gender Differences in Teacher Grading https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2022.2122942

6. Glock (2016) – Gender and Teacher Responses to Student Misbehaviour https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2016.02.012

7. Glock & Kleen (2017) – Gender and Student Misbehavior https://www.sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S0742051X16305571

8. Eckstein et al. (2026) – Teachers' Labeling of Student Behavior Problems https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1704331

9. Riley (2014) – Boys Are Like Puppies, Girls Aim to Please https://doi.org/10.55016/ojs/ajer.v60i1.55729