credit: Gluckstein.com It’s official: Boys generally get worse grades than girls not because they know less, but because of their behavior, say researchers in a new study. The research, led by Christopher Cornwell of the University of Georgia, followed almost 6,000 students in grades one through six. It evaluated grades of boys and girls and compared them to standardized test scores. The findings? In every subject area, boys’ grades were lower than test scores would predict. The grade gap began in the early grades, continued uniformly through school, and may have a lasting impact. “The trajectory at which kids move through school is often influenced by a teacher’s assessment of their performance, their grades. This affects their ability to enter into advanced classes and other kinds of academic opportunities, even post-secondary opportunities,” stated Cornwell in a news release issued by the University of Georgia. Not to diminish the role of lofty educational research, but this… Read More