Closing boys’ academic gap comes into focus

CAMBRIDGE – Over the years, a lot of ink has been spilled over the "boy crisis" in American schools. As young women and girls continue to excel in school, boys have fallen behind. A 2014 American Psychological Association study found that girls have had higher grades than boys in all subjects in over 30 countries for nearly a century.

CAMBRIDGE – Over the years, a lot of ink has been spilled over the "boy crisis" in American schools. As young women and girls continue to excel in school, boys have fallen behind. A 2014 American Psychological Association study found that girls have had higher grades than boys in all subjects in over 30 countries for nearly a century.…