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British universities reach out to the new minority: poor white males

The Hechinger Report

Girls in primary and secondary school globally read more than boys and spend more time on homework, according to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development , or OECD. “When I was in school, girls were at the top of the class.”. Research shows it’s also universal.

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In one country, women now outnumber men in college by two to one

The Hechinger Report

The many causes of this begin in primary and secondary grades, where research shows that girls are earlier to apply themselves, while boys are more likely to drop out, impatient to begin earning money and unwilling to spend further years in school. Photo: Heiða Helgadóttir for The Hechinger Report. It’s tricky,” she said.

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