Schooling the "dangerous classes": reforming boys in nineteenth-century America -- The nature of boy nature: education and recreation for masculinity -- The perils of public education: truants, underachievers, and school leavers -- Bad or backward?: gender and the genesis of special education -- "The boys' own story": masculinity, peer culture, and delinquency -- Black boys and native sons: race, delinquency, and schooling in the urban north.
Summary:
A study which sheds light on contemporary concerns over the academic performance of boys of color who now flounder in school or languish in the juvenile justice system.
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