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Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.24,0:00:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good afternoon.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.58,0:00:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm the only real live girl\Nwho is going to be presenting today
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.62,0:00:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on stage for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.67,0:00:29.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm happy to be talking about boys,\Nfor some reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.81,0:00:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not really sure how that happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.03,0:00:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm here to tell you\Nthat we have a problem with boys,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.22,0:00:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's a serious problem with boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.07,0:00:43.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peg Tyrel will tell us\Nthat we have a problem with boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.56,0:00:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their culture isn't working in schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.21,0:00:48.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm going to share with you ways
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.01,0:00:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can think\Nabout overcoming that problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.10,0:00:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, I want to start\Nby saying, this is a boy,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.10,0:00:57.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is a girl,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.64,0:01:01.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is probably stereotypically\Nwhat you think of as a boy and a girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.21,0:01:04.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I essentialize gender for you today,\Nthen you can dismiss what I have to say.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.02,0:01:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm not going to do that,\NI'm not interested in doing that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.01,0:01:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a different kind of boy\Nand a different kind of girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.25,0:01:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the point here is that not all boys\Nexist within these rigid boundaries
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.71,0:01:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what we think of as boys and girls,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.92,0:01:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not all girls exist\Nwithin those rigid boundaries
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.50,0:01:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what we think of as girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.92,0:01:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, in fact, most boys\Ntend to be a certain way,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.66,0:01:27.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most girls tend to be a certain way.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.66,0:01:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the point is that, for boys,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.93,0:01:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way that they exist\Nand the culture that they embrace
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.14,0:01:35.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't working well in schools now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.67,0:01:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we know that?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.92,0:01:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The 100 girls project\Ntells us some really nice statistics.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.70,0:01:45.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, for every 100 girls\Nthat are suspended from school,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.24,0:01:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are 250 boys\Nthat are suspended from school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.18,0:01:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For every 100 girls\Nwho are expelled from school,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.53,0:01:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are 335 boys\Nwho are expelled from school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.88,0:01:56.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For every 100 girls in special education,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.25,0:01:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are 217 boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.44,0:02:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For every 100 girls\Nwith a learning disability,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.67,0:02:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are 276 boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.08,0:02:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For every 100 girls\Nwith an emotional disturbance diagnosed,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.57,0:02:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have 324 boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.36,0:02:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by the way, all of these numbers\Nare significantly higher
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.96,0:02:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you happen to be black,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.41,0:02:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you happen to be poor,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.28,0:02:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you happen to exist\Nin an overcrowded school.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.05,0:02:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you are a boy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.19,0:02:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're four times as likely\Nto be diagnosed with ADHD...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.75,0:02:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.18,0:02:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now there is another side to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.26,0:02:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is important that we recognize\Nthat women still need help in school,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.90,0:02:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that salaries are still\Nsignificantly lower,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.18,0:02:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when controlled for job types,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.61,0:02:48.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that girls have continued to struggle\Nin math and science for years.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.91,0:02:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's all true.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.09,0:02:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing about that prevents us
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.40,0:02:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from paying attention\Nto the literacy needs
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.46,0:02:56.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our boys between ages three and 13.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.05,0:02:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we should.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.22,0:03:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, what we ought to do\Nis take a page from their playbook,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.27,0:03:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the initiatives and programs\Nthat have been set in place
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.54,0:03:09.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for women in science and engineering\Nand mathematics are fantastic.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.41,0:03:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've done a lot of good\Nfor girls in these situations,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.36,0:03:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we ought to be thinking about\Nhow we can make that happen for boys too
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.20,0:03:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their younger years.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.30,0:03:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even in their older years,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.20,0:03:23.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we find is that\Nthere's still a problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.71,0:03:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we look at the universities,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.32,0:03:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,60 percent of baccalaureate degrees\Nare going to women now,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.34,0:03:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a significant shift.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.60,0:03:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in fact, university administrators\Nare a little uncomfortable about the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.50,0:03:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we may be getting close to 70 percent\Nfemale population in universities.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.42,0:03:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This makes university\Nadministrators very nervous,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.80,0:03:44.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because girls don't want to go\Nto schools that don't have boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.73,0:03:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we're starting to see
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.85,0:03:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the establishment of men centers\Nand men studies
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.03,0:03:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to think about how do we engage men\Nin their experiences in the university.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.33,0:03:59.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you talk to faculty,\Nthey may say, "Ugh. Yeah, well,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.14,0:04:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're playing video games,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.71,0:04:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're gambling\Nonline all night long,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.70,0:04:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're playing World of Warcraft,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.54,0:04:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's affecting\Ntheir academic achievement."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.66,0:04:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guess what?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.86,0:04:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Video games are not the cause.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.36,0:04:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Video games are a symptom.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.68,0:04:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were turned off a long time\Nbefore they got here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.33,0:04:23.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's talk about\Nwhy they got turned off
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.01,0:04:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they were between the ages\Nof three and 13.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.39,0:04:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are three reasons that I believe
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.29,0:04:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that boys are out of sync\Nwith the culture of schools today.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.05,0:04:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first is zero tolerance.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.67,0:04:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A kindergarten teacher I know,\Nher son donated all of his toys to her,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.71,0:04:47.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when he did, she had to go through\Nand pull out all the little plastic guns.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.30,0:04:50.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't have plastic knives\Nand swords and axes
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.82,0:04:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all that kind of thing\Nin a kindergarten classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.98,0:04:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it that we're afraid that this\Nyoung man is going to do with this gun?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.88,0:04:59.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, really.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.96,0:05:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here he stands as testament
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.30,0:05:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the fact that you can't go like this
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.21,0:05:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in school today.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.76,0:05:09.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't roughhouse\Non the playground today.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.40,0:05:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I'm not advocating for bullies.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.43,0:05:16.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not suggesting that we need to be\Nallowing guns and knives in the school.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.66,0:05:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when we say that an Eagle Scout\Nin a high school classroom
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.94,0:05:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who has a locked parked car\Nin the parking lot and a penknife in it,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.29,0:05:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has to be suspended from school,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.84,0:05:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we may have gone\Na little too far with zero tolerance.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.66,0:05:32.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another way that zero tolerance\Nlives itself out
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.01,0:05:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in the writing of boys,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.32,0:05:37.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Ralph Fletcher has done\Na fabulous job of showing us
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.04,0:05:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,problems with reclaiming\Nboys' voices in writing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.83,0:05:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a lot of classrooms today,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.24,0:05:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not allowed to write\Nabout anything that's violent.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.98,0:05:49.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not allowed to write about anything\Nthat has to do with video games.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.53,0:05:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These topics are banned.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.72,0:05:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Boy comes home from school, and he says,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.70,0:05:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I hate writing."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.47,0:05:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why do you hate writing, son?\NWhat's wrong with writing?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.22,0:05:59.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Now I have to write\Nwhat she tells me to write."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.56,0:06:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"OK, what is she telling you to write?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.00,0:06:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Poems. I have to write poems.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.39,0:06:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And little moments in my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.41,0:06:08.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to write that stuff."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.78,0:06:10.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, what do you want to write?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.45,0:06:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you want to write about?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.06,0:06:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I want to write about video games.\NI want to write about leveling-up.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.37,0:06:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to write about\Nthis really interesting world.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.84,0:06:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to write about a tornado\Nthat comes into our house
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.69,0:06:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and blows all the windows out,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.22,0:06:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ruins all the furniture\Nand kills everybody."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.56,0:06:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"All right. OK."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.05,0:06:29.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You tell a teacher that,\Nand they'll ask you, in all seriousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.80,0:06:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Should we send this child\Nto the psychologist?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.52,0:06:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the answer is no, he's just a boy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.41,0:06:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's just a little boy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.08,0:06:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not OK to write these kinds of things\Nin classrooms today.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.73,0:06:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's the first reason:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.05,0:06:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Zero tolerance policies\Nand the way they're lived out.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.63,0:06:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next reason that boys' cultures\Nare out of sync with school cultures:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.13,0:06:52.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are fewer male teachers.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.29,0:06:56.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody who's over 15\Ndoesn't know what this means,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.78,0:06:58.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in the last 10 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.56,0:07:02.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the number of elementary school\Nclassroom teachers has been cut in half.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.27,0:07:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We went from 14 percent to seven percent.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.14,0:07:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means that 93 percent of the teachers
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.49,0:07:12.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our young men get in elementary\Nclassrooms are women.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.68,0:07:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now what's the problem with this?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.94,0:07:17.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Women are great, yep, absolutely.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.54,0:07:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But male role models for boys\Nthat say it's all right to be smart...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.01,0:07:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've got dads, they've got pastors,\Nthey've got Cub Scout leaders,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.63,0:07:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but ultimately, six hours a day,\Nfive days a week
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.74,0:07:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're spending in a classroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.01,0:07:35.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most of those classrooms\Nare not places where men exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.40,0:07:38.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so they say, I guess this really\Nisn't a place for boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.32,0:07:40.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a place for girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.02,0:07:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm not very good at this,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.63,0:07:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I guess I'd better go play video games
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.86,0:07:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or get into sports,\Nor something like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.90,0:07:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I obviously don't belong here.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.80,0:07:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Men don't belong here,\Nthat's pretty obvious.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.94,0:07:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that may be a very direct way\Nthat we see it happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.27,0:08:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But less directly, the lack of male\Npresence in the culture...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.70,0:08:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got a teachers' lounge,\Nand they're having a conversation
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.91,0:08:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about Joey and Johnny\Nwho beat each other up on the playground.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.06,0:08:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What are we going to do with these boys?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.09,0:08:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer to that question changes
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.80,0:08:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,depending on who's sitting\Naround that table.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.92,0:08:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are there men around that table?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.51,0:08:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are there moms who've raised boys\Naround that table?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.98,0:08:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll see, the conversation changes
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.75,0:08:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,depending upon who's sitting\Naround the table.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.92,0:08:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Third reason that boys\Nare out of sync with school today:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.30,0:08:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kindergarten is the old\Nsecond grade, folks.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.76,0:08:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a serious compression\Nof the curriculum happening out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.93,0:08:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're three, you better be able\Nto write your name legibly,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.05,0:08:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or else we'll consider it\Na developmental delay.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.09,0:08:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the time you're in first grade,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.76,0:08:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you should be able to read\Nparagraphs of text
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.39,0:08:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with maybe a picture, maybe not,\Nin a book of maybe 25 to 30 pages.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.89,0:08:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.10,0:08:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're probably going to be putting you\Ninto a Title I special reading program.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.80,0:08:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you ask Title I teachers,\Nthey'll tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.12,0:08:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they've got about four or five boys\Nfor every girl that's in their program,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.76,0:08:58.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the elementary grades.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.99,0:09:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason that this is a problem
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.77,0:09:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because the message\Nthat boys are getting
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.84,0:09:08.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is, "You need to do what the teacher\Nasks you to do all the time."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.69,0:09:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The teacher's salary depends\Non "No Child Left Behind"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.88,0:09:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and "Race to the Top"\Nand accountability and testing
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.60,0:09:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.60,0:09:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she has to figure out a way\Nto get all these boys
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.60,0:09:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through this curriculum... and girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.48,0:09:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This compressed curriculum is bad\Nfor all active kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.09,0:09:31.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what happens is,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.93,0:09:36.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she says, "Please, sit down,\Nbe quiet, do what you're told,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.61,0:09:41.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,follow the rules, manage your time,\Nfocus, be a girl."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.91,0:09:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what she tells them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.49,0:09:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indirectly, that's what she tells them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.60,0:09:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so this is a very serious problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.68,0:09:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where is it coming from?\NIt's coming from us.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.06,0:09:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.13,0:09:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want our babies to read\Nwhen they are six months old.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.12,0:10:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you seen the ads?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.00,0:10:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to live in Lake Wobegon\Nwhere every child is above average...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.40,0:10:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what this does to our children\Nis really not healthy.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.87,0:10:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not developmentally appropriate,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.70,0:10:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's particularly bad for boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.14,0:10:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what do we do?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.90,0:10:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to meet them where they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.65,0:10:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to put ourselves into boy culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.54,0:10:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to change the mindset\Nof acceptance in boys
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.82,0:10:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in elementary schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.77,0:10:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More specifically, we can do\Nsome very specific things.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.69,0:10:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can design better games.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.00,0:10:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of the educational games\Nthat are out there today
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.84,0:10:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are really flashcards.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.39,0:10:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're glorified drill and practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.35,0:10:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't have the depth,\Nthe rich narrative
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.19,0:10:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that really engaging video games have,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.97,0:10:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the boys are really interested in.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.99,0:10:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we need to design better games.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.66,0:10:55.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to talk to teachers and parents\Nand school board members and politicians.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.51,0:10:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to make sure that people see\Nthat we need more men in the classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.11,0:11:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to look carefully\Nat our zero tolerance policies.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.83,0:11:02.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do they make sense?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.02,0:11:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to think about how to uncompress\Nthis curriculum if we can,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.60,0:11:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to bring boys back into a space\Nthat is comfortable for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.60,0:11:13.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of those conversations\Nneed to be happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.91,0:11:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are some great examples\Nout there of schools...
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.74,0:11:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The New York Times\Njust talked about a school recently.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.24,0:11:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A game designer from the New School
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.60,0:11:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put together a wonderful\Nvideo gaming school.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.99,0:11:30.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it only treats a few kids,\Nand so this isn't very scalable.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.85,0:11:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to change the culture\Nand the feelings
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.03,0:11:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that politicians and school board\Nmembers and parents have
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.88,0:11:39.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the way we accept\Nand what we accept in our schools today.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.97,0:11:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to find more money\Nfor game design.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.00,0:11:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because good games,\Nreally good games, cost money,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.38,0:11:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and World of Warcraft has quite a budget.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.39,0:11:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of the educational games do not.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.51,0:11:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where we started:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.78,0:11:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my colleagues Mike Petner,\NShawn Vashaw, myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.60,0:11:56.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we started by trying to look\Nat the teachers' attitudes
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.22,0:11:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find out how do they really\Nfeel about gaming,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.58,0:11:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what do they say about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.87,0:12:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we discovered that they talk\Nabout the kids in their school,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.87,0:12:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who talk about gaming,\Nin pretty demeaning ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.13,0:12:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They say, "Oh, yeah. They're always\Ntalking about that stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.35,0:12:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're talking\Nabout their little action figures
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.70,0:12:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their little achievements\Nor merit badges,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.11,0:12:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whatever it is that they get.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.19,0:12:20.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're always talking\Nabout this stuff."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.32,0:12:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they say these things as if it's OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.30,0:12:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if it were your culture,\Nthink of how that might feel.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.60,0:12:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very uncomfortable\Nto be on the receiving end
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.00,0:12:30.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that kind of language.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.58,0:12:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're nervous about anything\Nthat has anything to do with violence
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.82,0:12:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the zero tolerance policies.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.72,0:12:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are sure that parents\Nand administrators
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.86,0:12:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will never accept anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.18,0:12:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we really need to think\Nabout looking at teacher attitudes
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.09,0:12:44.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and finding ways to change the attitudes,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.88,0:12:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that teachers are much more open\Nand accepting of boy cultures
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.87,0:12:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their classrooms.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.08,0:12:52.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, ultimately, if we don't,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.18,0:12:55.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we're going to have boys\Nwho leave elementary school saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.47,0:12:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well I guess that was just\Na place for girls, it wasn't for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.92,0:13:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I've got to do gaming,\Nor I've got to do sports."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.86,0:13:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we change these things,\Nif we pay attention to these things,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.89,0:13:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we reengage boys in their learning,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.84,0:13:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they will leave the elementary\Nschools saying, "I'm smart."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.83,0:13:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.01,0:13:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)