Adolescent Quote by Sendhil Mullainathan

Across the world, in Africa, Asia, Latin America, everywhere, there is a widespread recognition on the part of the parents, too, that the children's…

— Amartya Sen

“Why aren’t boys more engaged in school? According to Sommers, “schools today tend to be run by women for girls. Classrooms can be hostile…

— Helen Smith

I think it would be really rotten to tell boys that schools won't cater for them properly because men have unquestionably been dominant for…

— Kristina Schroder

Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should…

— William Hale Hale

Housework comes first, so girls often fall behind in school. Global statistics show that it's increasingly girls, not boys, who don't know how to…

— Melinda Gates

Now that virtually every career is an option for ambitious girls, it can no longer be considered regressive or reactionary to reintroduce discussion of…

— Camille Paglia

Men are now also in the minority among the entering traditionally male-dominated areas such as law and medicine. Finance and politics are still firmly…

— Hanna Rosin

Around the world we have girls in primary school at about the same rate now as boys, but keeping them in quality secondary schools…

— Melinda Gates

Boys are more likely than girls to look at the cost-benefit tradeoff of going to college. The imbalance of far more women than men…

— Phyllis Schlafly

Young women can be particularly hampered by a lack of female teachers, since they may not feel as comfortable in classes taught by men.…

— Tae Yoo

There's a perception that's been put out into the marketplace by No Child Left Behind that schools aren't doing enough for kids.

— Mark Jackson

I say this as a young dad seeing children going into primary school: I don't think we should underestimate the formative effect on a…

— Nick Clegg