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Re:Why are boys academically underperforming? [audio] by wowowowow on Thursday December 31, 2020 @12:30PM (#25594771)
> The elephant in the room is that Boys’ academic underperformance is tied to class

Can you explain this?

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Re:Why are boys academically underperforming? [audio] by krona on Thursday December 31, 2020 @12:42PM (#25594910)
Its explained in the podcast by work of David Figlio [1]. One theory (from the podcast) is boys are more sensitive than girls to poor environmental factors involved in educational attainment.

1. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.p20161074

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