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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.93,0:00:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm here to tell you\Nthat we have a problem with boys,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.12,0:00:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's a serious problem with boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.76,0:00:09.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their culture isn't working in schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.41,0:00:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm going to share with you ways
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.21,0:00:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can think\Nabout overcoming that problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.30,0:00:17.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, I want to start\Nby saying, this is a boy,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.30,0:00:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is a girl,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.84,0:00:23.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is probably stereotypically\Nwhat you think of as a boy and a girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.41,0:00:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I essentialize gender for you today,\Nthen you can dismiss what I have to say.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.22,0:00:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm not going to do that,\NI'm not interested in doing that.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.21,0:00:33.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a different kind of boy\Nand a different kind of girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.45,0:00:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the point here is that not all boys\Nexist within these rigid boundaries
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.91,0:00:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what we think of as boys and girls,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.12,0:00:42.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not all girls exist\Nwithin those rigid boundaries
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.70,0:00:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what we think of as girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.12,0:00:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, in fact, most boys\Ntend to be a certain way,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.86,0:00:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most girls tend to be a certain way.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.86,0:00:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the point is that, for boys,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.13,0:00:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way that they exist\Nand the culture that they embrace
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.34,0:00:57.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't working well in schools now.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.87,0:00:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we know that?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.12,0:01:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The 100 girls project\Ntells us some really nice statistics.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.90,0:01:07.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, for every 100 girls\Nthat are suspended from school,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.44,0:01:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are 250 boys\Nthat are suspended from school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.38,0:01:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For every 100 girls\Nwho are expelled from school,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.73,0:01:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are 335 boys\Nwho are expelled from school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.08,0:01:18.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For every 100 girls in special education,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.45,0:01:20.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are 217 boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.64,0:01:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For every 100 girls\Nwith a learning disability,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.87,0:01:24.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are 276 boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.28,0:01:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For every 100 girls\Nwith an emotional disturbance diagnosed,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.77,0:01:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have 324 boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.56,0:01:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by the way, all of these numbers\Nare significantly higher
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.16,0:01:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you happen to be black,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.61,0:01:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you happen to be poor,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.48,0:01:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you happen to exist\Nin an overcrowded school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.25,0:01:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you are a boy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.39,0:01:48.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're four times as likely\Nto be diagnosed with ADHD --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.15,0:01:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.08,0:01:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now there is another side to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.16,0:01:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is important that we recognize\Nthat women still need help in school,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.80,0:02:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that salaries are still\Nsignificantly lower,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.08,0:02:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when controlled for job types,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.41,0:02:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that girls have continued to struggle\Nin math and science for years.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.71,0:02:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's all true.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.89,0:02:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing about that prevents us
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.20,0:02:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from paying attention\Nto the literacy needs
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.26,0:02:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our boys between ages three and 13.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.85,0:02:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we should.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.02,0:02:21.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, what we ought to do\Nis take a page from their playbook,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.07,0:02:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the initiatives and programs\Nthat have been set in place
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.34,0:02:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for women in science and engineering\Nand mathematics are fantastic.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.21,0:02:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've done a lot of good\Nfor girls in these situations,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.16,0:02:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we ought to be thinking about\Nhow we can make that happen for boys too
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.00,0:02:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their younger years.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.10,0:02:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even in their older years,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.00,0:02:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we find is that\Nthere's still a problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.51,0:02:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we look at the universities,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.12,0:02:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,60 percent of baccalaureate degrees\Nare going to women now,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.14,0:02:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a significant shift.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.00,0:02:53.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in fact, university administrators\Nare a little uncomfortable about the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.90,0:02:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we may be getting close to 70 percent\Nfemale population in universities.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.82,0:03:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This makes university\Nadministrators very nervous,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.20,0:03:04.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because girls don't want to go\Nto schools that don't have boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.53,0:03:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we're starting to see
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.65,0:03:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the establishment of men centers\Nand men studies
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.83,0:03:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to think about how do we engage men\Nin their experiences in the university.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.13,0:03:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you talk to faculty,\Nthey may say, "Ugh. Yeah, well,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.94,0:03:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're playing video games,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.51,0:03:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're gambling\Nonline all night long,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.50,0:03:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're playing World of Warcraft,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.34,0:03:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's affecting\Ntheir academic achievement."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.46,0:03:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guess what?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.66,0:03:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Video games are not the cause.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.16,0:03:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Video games are a symptom.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.48,0:03:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were turned off a long time\Nbefore they got here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.13,0:03:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's talk about\Nwhy they got turned off
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.81,0:03:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they were between the ages\Nof three and 13.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.19,0:03:49.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are three reasons that I believe
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.09,0:03:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that boys are out of sync\Nwith the culture of schools today.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.75,0:03:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first is zero tolerance.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.37,0:04:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A kindergarten teacher I know,\Nher son donated all of his toys to her,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.41,0:04:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when he did, she had to go through\Nand pull out all the little plastic guns.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.00,0:04:09.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't have plastic knives\Nand swords and axes
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.52,0:04:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all that kind of thing\Nin a kindergarten classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.68,0:04:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it that we're afraid that this\Nyoung man is going to do with this gun?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.58,0:04:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, really.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.66,0:04:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here he stands as testament
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.00,0:04:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the fact that you can't roughhouse\Non the playground today.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.30,0:04:26.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I'm not advocating for bullies.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.33,0:04:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not suggesting that we need to be\Nallowing guns and knives in the school.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.56,0:04:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when we say that an Eagle Scout\Nin a high school classroom
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.84,0:04:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who has a locked parked car\Nin the parking lot and a penknife in it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.19,0:04:41.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has to be suspended from school,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.24,0:04:44.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we may have gone\Na little too far with zero tolerance.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.56,0:04:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another way that zero tolerance\Nlives itself out
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.91,0:04:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in the writing of boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.23,0:04:49.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a lot of classrooms today,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.64,0:04:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not allowed to write\Nabout anything that's violent.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.38,0:04:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not allowed to write about anything\Nthat has to do with video games.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.93,0:04:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These topics are banned.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.12,0:04:59.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Boy comes home from school, and he says,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.10,0:05:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I hate writing."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.57,0:05:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why do you hate writing, son?\NWhat's wrong with writing?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.32,0:05:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Now I have to write\Nwhat she tells me to write."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.66,0:05:07.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"OK, what is she telling you to write?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.10,0:05:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Poems. I have to write poems.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.49,0:05:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And little moments in my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.51,0:05:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to write that stuff."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.88,0:05:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, what do you want to write?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.55,0:05:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you want to write about?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.16,0:05:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I want to write about video games.\NI want to write about leveling-up.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.47,0:05:23.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to write about\Nthis really interesting world.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.94,0:05:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to write about a tornado\Nthat comes into our house
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.79,0:05:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and blows all the windows out,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.32,0:05:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ruins all the furniture\Nand kills everybody."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.66,0:05:32.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"All right. OK."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.15,0:05:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You tell a teacher that,\Nand they'll ask you, in all seriousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.90,0:05:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Should we send this child\Nto the psychologist?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.62,0:05:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the answer is no, he's just a boy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.51,0:05:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's just a little boy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.18,0:05:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not OK to write these kinds of things\Nin classrooms today.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.83,0:05:51.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's the first reason:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.15,0:05:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Zero tolerance policies\Nand the way they're lived out.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.73,0:05:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next reason that boys' cultures\Nare out of sync with school cultures:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.23,0:05:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are fewer male teachers.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.69,0:06:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody who's over 15\Ndoesn't know what this means,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.48,0:06:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in the last 10 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.26,0:06:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the number of elementary school\Nclassroom teachers has been cut in half.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.07,0:06:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We went from 14 percent to seven percent.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.94,0:06:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means that 93 percent of the teachers
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.29,0:06:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our young men get in elementary\Nclassrooms are women.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.48,0:06:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now what's the problem with this?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.74,0:06:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Women are great, yep, absolutely.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.34,0:06:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But male role models for boys\Nthat say it's all right to be smart --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.81,0:06:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they've got dads, they've got pastors,\Nthey've got Cub Scout leaders,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.43,0:06:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but ultimately, six hours a day,\Nfive days a week
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.54,0:06:35.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're spending in a classroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.81,0:06:39.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most of those classrooms\Nare not places where men exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.20,0:06:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so they say, I guess this really\Nisn't a place for boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.12,0:06:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a place for girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.82,0:06:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm not very good at this,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.43,0:06:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I guess I'd better go play video games
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.66,0:06:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or get into sports,\Nor something like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.70,0:06:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I obviously don't belong here.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.60,0:06:55.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Men don't belong here,\Nthat's pretty obvious.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.74,0:06:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that may be a very direct way\Nthat we see it happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.07,0:07:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But less directly, the lack of male\Npresence in the culture --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.50,0:07:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've got a teachers' lounge,\Nand they're having a conversation
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.71,0:07:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about Joey and Johnny\Nwho beat each other up on the playground.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.86,0:07:13.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What are we going to do with these boys?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.89,0:07:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer to that question changes
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.60,0:07:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,depending on who's sitting\Naround that table.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.72,0:07:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are there men around that table?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.31,0:07:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are there moms who've raised boys\Naround that table?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.78,0:07:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll see, the conversation changes
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.55,0:07:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,depending upon who's sitting\Naround the table.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.72,0:07:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Third reason that boys\Nare out of sync with school today:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.60,0:07:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kindergarten is the old\Nsecond grade, folks.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.06,0:07:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a serious compression\Nof the curriculum happening out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.33,0:07:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're three, you better be able\Nto write your name legibly,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.45,0:07:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or else we'll consider it\Na developmental delay.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.49,0:07:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the time you're in first grade,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.16,0:07:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you should be able to read\Nparagraphs of text
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.79,0:07:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with maybe a picture, maybe not,\Nin a book of maybe 25 to 30 pages.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.29,0:07:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.50,0:07:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're probably going to be putting you\Ninto a Title I special reading program.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.20,0:07:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you ask Title I teachers,\Nthey'll tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.52,0:08:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they've got about four or five boys\Nfor every girl that's in their program,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.16,0:08:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the elementary grades.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.39,0:08:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason that this is a problem
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.17,0:08:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because the message\Nthat boys are getting
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.24,0:08:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is, "You need to do what the teacher\Nasks you to do all the time."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.09,0:08:15.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The teacher's salary depends\Non "No Child Left Behind"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.28,0:08:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and "Race to the Top"\Nand accountability and testing
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.00,0:08:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.00,0:08:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she has to figure out a way\Nto get all these boys
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.100,0:08:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through this curriculum -- and girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.88,0:08:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This compressed curriculum is bad\Nfor all active kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.49,0:08:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what happens is,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.33,0:08:38.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she says, "Please, sit down,\Nbe quiet, do what you're told,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.01,0:08:43.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,follow the rules, manage your time,\Nfocus, be a girl."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.31,0:08:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what she tells them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.89,0:08:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indirectly, that's what she tells them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.00,0:08:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so this is a very serious problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.08,0:08:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where is it coming from?\NIt's coming from us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.46,0:08:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.73,0:08:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want our babies to read\Nwhen they are six months old.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.72,0:09:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you seen the ads?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.00,0:09:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to live in Lake Wobegon\Nwhere every child is above average ...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.40,0:09:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what this does to our children\Nis really not healthy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.87,0:09:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not developmentally appropriate,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.70,0:09:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's particularly bad for boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.14,0:09:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what do we do?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.90,0:09:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to meet them where they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.65,0:09:19.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to put ourselves into boy culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.94,0:09:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to change the mindset\Nof acceptance in boys
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.22,0:09:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in elementary schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.17,0:09:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More specifically, we can do\Nsome very specific things.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.39,0:09:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can design better games.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.00,0:09:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of the educational games\Nthat are out there today
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.84,0:09:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are really flashcards.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.39,0:09:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're glorified drill and practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.35,0:09:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't have the depth,\Nthe rich narrative
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.19,0:09:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that really engaging video games have,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.97,0:09:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the boys are really interested in.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.99,0:09:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we need to design better games.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.66,0:09:51.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to talk to teachers and parents\Nand school board members and politicians.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.51,0:09:55.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to make sure that people see\Nthat we need more men in the classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.11,0:09:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to look carefully\Nat our zero tolerance policies.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.83,0:09:58.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do they make sense?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.02,0:10:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to think about how to uncompress\Nthis curriculum if we can,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.00,0:10:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to bring boys back into a space\Nthat is comfortable for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.00,0:10:09.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of those conversations\Nneed to be happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.31,0:10:12.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are some great examples\Nout there of schools --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.14,0:10:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the New York Times\Njust talked about a school recently.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.64,0:10:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A game designer from the New School
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.00,0:10:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put together a wonderful\Nvideo gaming school.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.39,0:10:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it only treats a few kids,\Nand so this isn't very scalable.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.25,0:10:28.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to change the culture\Nand the feelings
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.43,0:10:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that politicians and school board\Nmembers and parents have
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.28,0:10:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the way we accept\Nand what we accept in our schools today.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.37,0:10:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to find more money\Nfor game design.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.40,0:10:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because good games,\Nreally good games, cost money,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.78,0:10:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and World of Warcraft has quite a budget.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.79,0:10:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of the educational games do not.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.91,0:10:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where we started:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.18,0:10:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my colleagues Mike Petner,\NShawn Vashaw, myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.00,0:10:51.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we started by trying to look\Nat the teachers' attitudes
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.62,0:10:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find out how do they really\Nfeel about gaming,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.98,0:10:55.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what do they say about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.27,0:11:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we discovered that they talk\Nabout the kids in their school,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.27,0:11:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who talk about gaming,\Nin pretty demeaning ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.53,0:11:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They say, "Oh, yeah. They're always\Ntalking about that stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.75,0:11:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're talking\Nabout their little action figures
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.10,0:11:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their little achievements\Nor merit badges,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.51,0:11:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whatever it is that they get.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.59,0:11:15.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're always talking\Nabout this stuff."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.72,0:11:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they say these things as if it's OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.70,0:11:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if it were your culture,\Nthink of how that might feel.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.00,0:11:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very uncomfortable\Nto be on the receiving end
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.40,0:11:25.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that kind of language.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.98,0:11:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're nervous about anything\Nthat has anything to do with violence
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.22,0:11:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the zero tolerance policies.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.12,0:11:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are sure that parents\Nand administrators
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.26,0:11:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will never accept anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.58,0:11:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we really need to think\Nabout looking at teacher attitudes
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.49,0:11:40.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and finding ways to change the attitudes,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.28,0:11:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that teachers are much more open\Nand accepting of boy cultures
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.27,0:11:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their classrooms.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.48,0:11:47.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, ultimately, if we don't,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.58,0:11:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we're going to have boys\Nwho leave elementary school saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.87,0:11:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well I guess that was just\Na place for girls, it wasn't for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.92,0:11:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I've got to do gaming,\Nor I've got to do sports."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.16,0:12:00.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we change these things,\Nif we pay attention to these things,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.19,0:12:02.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we reengage boys in their learning,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.14,0:12:05.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they will leave the elementary\Nschools saying, "I'm smart."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.13,0:12:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.31,0:12:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)