… I’d to see the U.S. Department of Education at least acknowledge the gender gap problem. The governments in Britain, Australia and New Zealand have been all over this issue for years. They haven’t solved the problem, but at least they’re trying.

From England’s Independent:

Here are the first three graphs:

Boys aged three and four must be made to write more to stop them falling behind girls before they even reach school, the Government will order nurseries and childminders.

New boy-friendly guidance is to be sent to all nurseries and childminders advising them to get the youngest boys to take more interest in writing, scribbling and drawing - basically just putting pencil to paper.

After a year of school, more than one in six boys cannot write his own name or simple words such as “mum”, “dad” or “cat” - double the number of girls - official figures show.