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Blame Games for Education's Growing Gender Gap

By pete_gallagher

Could videogames be responsible for a widening education gap between U.S. men and women?

The author of a piece in the Wichita Eagle seems to think so. Citing a drop in the number of American males earning college degrees, the article claims that women are not forcing males out of the classroom; instead, 'Women are taking empty seats as males fall by the wayside.'

While some groups have pinned the fall of man on recent education reforms or the 'feminization of the classroom,' the piece's author notes that, 'Males are dropping out of academics in all developed countries,' and, 'Whatever is depressing boys' school performance is cutting across cultural and political boundaries and widely disparate educational systems.'

The 'whatever' mentioned above does not remain unnamed for long, as the author offers, 'This decline in boys' scores coincides with the emergence of video games.'

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on April 08, 2010 (boomark / email).