Boys Who Achieve
Wiens, Kathryn L.
The underachievement of boys has been a hotly
debated topic in both international and national
arenas. Not unlike many schools world-wide, Boston
Trinity Academy had an achievement gap. While
Stanford Achievement Tests supported the notion that
boys and girls were equally capable of academic
success, boys GPA's were significantly lower than
those of the girls. In response to this problem,
BTA, a coeducational school, implemented single...