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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm here to tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.00,0:00:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have a problem with boys,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.00,0:00:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's a serious problem with boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.00,0:00:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their culture isn't working in schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.00,0:00:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm going to share with you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.00,0:00:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ways that we can think about overcoming that problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.00,0:00:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, I want to start by saying, this is a boy,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.00,0:00:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is a girl,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.00,0:00:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is probably stereotypically
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.00,0:00:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you think of as a boy and a girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.00,0:00:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I essentialize gender for you today,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.00,0:00:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you can dismiss what I have to say.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.00,0:00:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm not going to do that. I'm not interested in doing that.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.00,0:00:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a different kind of boy and a different kind of girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.00,0:00:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the point here is that not all boys
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.00,0:00:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exist within these rigid boundaries
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.00,0:00:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what we think of as boys and girls,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.00,0:00:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not all girls exist within those rigid boundaries
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.00,0:00:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what we think of as girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.00,0:00:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, in fact, most boys tend to be a certain way,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.00,0:00:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most girls tend to be a certain way.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.00,0:00:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the point is that, for boys,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.00,0:00:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way that they exist and the culture that they embrace
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.00,0:00:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't working well in schools now.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.00,0:00:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we know that?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.00,0:01:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Hundred Girls Project
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.00,0:01:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tells us some really nice statistics.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.00,0:01:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, for every 100 girls that are suspended from school,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.00,0:01:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are 250 boys that are suspended from school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.00,0:01:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For every 100 girls who are expelled from school,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.00,0:01:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are 335 boys who are expelled from school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.00,0:01:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For every 100 girls in special education,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.00,0:01:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are 217 boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.00,0:01:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For every 100 girls with a learning disability,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.00,0:01:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are 276 boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.00,0:01:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For every 100 girls
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.00,0:01:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with an emotional disturbance diagnosed,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.00,0:01:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have 324 boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.00,0:01:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by the way, all of these numbers are significantly higher
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.00,0:01:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you happen to be black,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.00,0:01:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you happen to be poor,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.00,0:01:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you happen to exist in an overcrowded school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.00,0:01:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you are a boy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.00,0:01:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're four times as likely
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.00,0:01:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be diagnosed with ADHD --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.00,0:01:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.00,0:01:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now there is another side to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.00,0:01:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is important that we recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.00,0:01:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that women still need help in school,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.00,0:02:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that salaries are still significantly lower,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.00,0:02:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when controlled for job types,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.00,0:02:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that girls have continued to struggle
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.00,0:02:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in math and science for years.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.00,0:02:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's all true.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.00,0:02:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing about that prevents us
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.00,0:02:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from paying attention to the literacy needs
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.00,0:02:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our boys between ages three and 13.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.00,0:02:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we should.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.00,0:02:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, what we ought to do is take a page from their playbook,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.00,0:02:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the initiatives and programs
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.00,0:02:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have been set in place
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.00,0:02:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for women in science and engineering and mathematics
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.00,0:02:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are fantastic.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.00,0:02:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've done a lot of good
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.00,0:02:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for girls in these situations,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.00,0:02:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we ought to be thinking about
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.00,0:02:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we can make that happen for boys too
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.00,0:02:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their younger years.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.00,0:02:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even in their older years,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.00,0:02:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we find is that there's still a problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.00,0:02:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we look at the universities,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.00,0:02:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,60 percent of baccalaureate degrees are going to women now,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.00,0:02:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a significant shift.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.00,0:02:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in fact, university administrators
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.00,0:02:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are a little uncomfortable about the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.00,0:02:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we may be getting close to 70 percent
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.00,0:02:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,female population in universities.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.00,0:03:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This makes university administrators very nervous,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.00,0:03:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because girls don't want to go to schools that don't have boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.00,0:03:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we're starting to see the establishment
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.00,0:03:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of men centers and men studies
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.00,0:03:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to think about how do we engage men
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.00,0:03:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their experiences in the university.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.00,0:03:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you talk to faculty, they may say,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.00,0:03:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ugh. Yeah, well, they're playing video games,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.00,0:03:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're gambling online all night long,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.00,0:03:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're playing World of Warcraft,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.00,0:03:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's affecting
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.00,0:03:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their academic achievement."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.00,0:03:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guess what?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.00,0:03:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Video games are not the cause.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.00,0:03:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Video games are a symptom.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.00,0:03:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were turned off a long time
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.00,0:03:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before they got here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.00,0:03:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's talk about why they got turned off
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.00,0:03:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they were between the ages of three and 13.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.00,0:03:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are three reasons that I believe
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.00,0:03:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that boys are out of sync
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.00,0:03:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the culture of schools today.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.00,0:03:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first is zero tolerance.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.00,0:03:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A kindergarten teacher I know,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.00,0:04:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her son donated all of his toys to her,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.00,0:04:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when he did, she had to go through
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.00,0:04:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pull out all the little plastic guns.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.00,0:04:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't have plastic knives and swords and axes
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.00,0:04:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all that kind of thing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.00,0:04:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a kindergarten classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.00,0:04:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it that we're afraid that this young man is going to do with this gun?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.00,0:04:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, really.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.00,0:04:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here he stands as testament
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.00,0:04:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the fact that you can't roughhouse on the playground today.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.00,0:04:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I'm not advocating for bullies.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.00,0:04:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not suggesting
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.00,0:04:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we need to be allowing guns and knives into school.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.00,0:04:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when we say
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.00,0:04:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that an Eagle Scout in a high school classroom
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.00,0:04:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who has a locked parked car in the parking lot
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.00,0:04:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a penknife in it
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.00,0:04:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has to be suspended from school,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.00,0:04:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we may have gone a little too far with zero tolerance.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.00,0:04:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another way that zero tolerance lives itself out is in the writing of boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.00,0:04:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a lot of classrooms today
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.00,0:04:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not allowed to write about anything that's violent.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.00,0:04:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not allowed to write about anything
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.00,0:04:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has to do with video games -- these topics are banned.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.00,0:04:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Boy comes home from school, and he says,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.00,0:05:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I hate writing."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.00,0:05:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why do you hate writing, son? What's wrong with writing?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.00,0:05:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Now I have to write what she tells me to write."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.00,0:05:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Okay, what is she telling you to write?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.00,0:05:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Poems. I have to write poems.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.00,0:05:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And little moments in my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.00,0:05:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to write that stuff."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.00,0:05:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"All right. Well, what do you want to write? What do you want to write about?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.00,0:05:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I want to write about video games. I want to write about leveling-up.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.00,0:05:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to write about this really interesting world.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.00,0:05:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to write about a tornado that comes into our house
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.00,0:05:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and blows all the windows out
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.00,0:05:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ruins all the furniture and kills everybody."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.00,0:05:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"All right. Okay."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.00,0:05:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You tell a teacher that,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.00,0:05:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they'll ask you, in all seriousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.00,0:05:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Should we send this child to the psychologist?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.00,0:05:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the answer is no, he's just a boy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.00,0:05:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's just a little boy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.00,0:05:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not okay to write these kinds of things
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.00,0:05:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in classrooms today.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.00,0:05:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's the first reason:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.00,0:05:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,zero tolerance policies and the way they're lived out.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.00,0:05:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next reason that boys' cultures are out of sync with school cultures:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.00,0:05:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are fewer male teachers.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.00,0:06:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody who's over 15 doesn't know what this means,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.00,0:06:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in the last 10 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.00,0:06:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the number of elementary school classroom teachers
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.00,0:06:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been cut in half.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.00,0:06:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We went from 14 percent
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.00,0:06:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to seven percent.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.00,0:06:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means that 93 percent of the teachers
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.00,0:06:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our young men get in elementary classrooms
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.00,0:06:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are women.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.00,0:06:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now what's the problem with this?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.00,0:06:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Women are great. Yep, absolutely.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.00,0:06:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But male role models for boys
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.00,0:06:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that say it's all right to be smart --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.00,0:06:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they've got dads, they've got pastors,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.00,0:06:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they've got Cub Scout leaders,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.00,0:06:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but ultimately, six hours a day, five days a week
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.00,0:06:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're spending in a classroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.00,0:06:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most of those classrooms
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.00,0:06:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not places where men exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.00,0:06:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so they say, I guess this really isn't a place for boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.00,0:06:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a place for girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.00,0:06:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm not very good at this,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.00,0:06:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I guess I'd better
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.00,0:06:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go play video games or get into sports, or something like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.00,0:06:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I obviously don't belong here.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.00,0:06:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Men don't belong here, that's pretty obvious.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.00,0:06:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that may be a very direct way
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.00,0:06:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we see it happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.00,0:07:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But less directly,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.00,0:07:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lack of male presence in the culture --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.00,0:07:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've got a teachers' lounge,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.00,0:07:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're having a conversation
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.00,0:07:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about Joey and Johnny who beat each other up on the playground.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.00,0:07:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What are we going to do with these boys?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.00,0:07:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer to that question changes depending on who's sitting around that table.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.00,0:07:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are there men around that table?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.00,0:07:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are there moms who've raised boys around that table?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.00,0:07:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll see, the conversation changes
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.00,0:07:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,depending upon who's sitting around the table.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.00,0:07:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Third reason that boys are out of sync with school today:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.00,0:07:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kindergarten is the old second grade, folks.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.00,0:07:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a serious compression of the curriculum happening out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.00,0:07:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're three, you better be able to write your name legibly,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.00,0:07:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or else we'll consider it a developmental delay.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.00,0:07:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the time you're in first grade,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.00,0:07:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you should be able to read paragraphs of text
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.00,0:07:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with maybe a picture, maybe not,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.00,0:07:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a book of maybe 25 to 30 pages.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.00,0:07:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't, we're probably going to be putting you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.00,0:07:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a Title 1 special reading program.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.00,0:07:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you ask Title 1 teachers, they'll tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.00,0:07:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they've got about four or five boys for every girl that's in their program,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.00,0:08:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the elementary grades.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.00,0:08:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason that this is a problem
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.00,0:08:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because the message that boys are getting
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.00,0:08:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is "you need to do
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.00,0:08:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the teacher asks you to do all the time."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.00,0:08:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The teacher's salary depends
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.00,0:08:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on "No Child Left Behind" and "Race to the Top"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.00,0:08:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and accountability and testing
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.00,0:08:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.00,0:08:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she has to figure out a way
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.00,0:08:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get all these boys through this curriculum --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.00,0:08:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.00,0:08:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This compressed curriculum is bad
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.00,0:08:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for all active kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.00,0:08:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what happens is,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.00,0:08:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she says, "Please, sit down,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.00,0:08:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be quiet, do what you're told, follow the rules,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.00,0:08:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,manage your time, focus,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.00,0:08:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be a girl."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.00,0:08:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what she tells them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.00,0:08:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indirectly, that's what she tells them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.00,0:08:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so this is a very serious problem. Where is it coming from?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.00,0:08:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's coming from us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.00,0:08:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.00,0:08:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want our babies to read when they are six months old.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.00,0:09:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you seen the ads?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.00,0:09:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to live in Lake Wobegon
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.00,0:09:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where every child is above average,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.00,0:09:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what this does to our children is really not healthy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.00,0:09:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not developmentally appropriate,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.00,0:09:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's particularly bad for boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.00,0:09:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what do we do?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.00,0:09:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to meet them where they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.00,0:09:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to put ourselves into boy culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.00,0:09:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to change the mindset
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.00,0:09:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of acceptance in boys in elementary schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.00,0:09:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More specifically, we can do some very specific things.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.00,0:09:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can design better games.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.00,0:09:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of the educational games that are out there today
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.00,0:09:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are really flashcards.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.00,0:09:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're glorified drill and practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.00,0:09:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't have the depth, the rich narrative
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.00,0:09:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that really engaging video games have,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.00,0:09:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the boys are really interested in.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.00,0:09:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we need to design better games.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.00,0:09:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to talk to teachers and parents
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.00,0:09:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and school board members and politicians.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.00,0:09:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to make sure that people see that we need more men in the classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.00,0:09:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to look carefully at our zero tolerance policies.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.00,0:09:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do they make sense?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.00,0:10:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to think about
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.00,0:10:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to uncompress this curriculum if we can,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.00,0:10:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to bring boys back into a space
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.00,0:10:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is comfortable for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.00,0:10:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of those conversations need to be happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.00,0:10:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are some great examples out there
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.00,0:10:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of schools --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.00,0:10:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the New York Times just talked about a school recently.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.00,0:10:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A game designer from the New School
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.00,0:10:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put together a wonderful video gaming school.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.00,0:10:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it only treats a few kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.00,0:10:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so this isn't very scalable.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.00,0:10:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to change the culture and the feelings
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.00,0:10:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that politicians and school board members and parents have
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.00,0:10:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the way we accept and what we accept
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.00,0:10:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our schools today.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.00,0:10:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to find more money for game design.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.00,0:10:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because good games, really good games, cost money,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.00,0:10:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and World of Warcraft has quite a budget.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.00,0:10:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of the educational games do not.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.00,0:10:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where we started:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.00,0:10:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my colleagues -- Mike Petner, Shawn Vashaw, myself --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.00,0:10:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we started by trying to look at the teachers' attitudes
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.00,0:10:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find out how do they really feel about gaming,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.00,0:10:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what do they say about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.00,0:10:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we discovered
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.00,0:10:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they talk about the kids in their school,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.00,0:11:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who talk about gaming,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.00,0:11:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in pretty demeaning ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.00,0:11:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They say, "Oh, yeah. They're always talking about that stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.00,0:11:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're talking about their little action figures
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.00,0:11:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their little achievements or merit badges,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.00,0:11:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whatever it is that they get.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.00,0:11:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're always talking about this stuff."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.00,0:11:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they say these things as if it's okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.00,0:11:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if it were your culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.00,0:11:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think of how that might feel.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.00,0:11:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very uncomfortable to be on the receiving end
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.00,0:11:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that kind of language.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.00,0:11:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're nervous about anything
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.00,0:11:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has anything to do with violence
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.00,0:11:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the zero tolerance policies.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.00,0:11:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are sure that parents and administrators will never accept anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.00,0:11:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we really need to think about looking at teacher attitudes
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.00,0:11:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and finding ways to change the attitudes
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.00,0:11:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that teachers are much more open
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.00,0:11:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and accepting of boy cultures in their classrooms.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.00,0:11:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, ultimately, if we don't,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.00,0:11:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we're going to have boys who leave elementary school saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.00,0:11:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well I guess that was just a place for girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.00,0:11:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.00,0:11:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I've got to do gaming, or I've got to do sports."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.00,0:12:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we change these things, if we pay attention to these things,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.00,0:12:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we re-engage boys in their learning,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.00,0:12:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they will leave the elementary schools saying, "I'm smart."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.00,0:12:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.00,0:12:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)