The Growing Gender Gap in Education

The GROwing Gender Gap in Education High School DRopout Rates Each Year (male & female students combined) 1.2 mil. eveRy 7,000 76 sec." eachday A student Students drop out of high school CURRent High School o GRaduation Rate 80% 5 (male & female students combined) Students did not out of gRaduate high schol with their PERS in 2013 (male & female students combined) DRopout Rate (male & female combined) IZ.17. Almost 2,000 high schools ACROSS the U.S. graduate less than 60% of theik students. 1990 2010 (male & female students combined) College Enrollment & Graduation Rates of Males Fall Short Actual & Projected Undergraduate Enrollment in Degree-granting Postsecondary Institutions 14 12 10.2 10 7.8 1995 2000 2005 2011 2015 2021 PRojected Female Male About 300,000 fewer male and female students enrolled in college this past fall, compared to 2012. In higher education males have gone from 61% of graduates to a PRojected 39% in 2019. Enrollment 2010 (male & female combined) 25 year olds who graduated FROM college Чуеак 2-year fOr-PRofit public colleges colleges 0.3% 1.3% 4-уеак PRivate colleges nonproftt colleges 4-year public overall Ratio 9.7% 3.1% Women = 36% 14 = 1.01 Men = 27% Fermales Consistently Best Males in Overall GPA 8th grade boys Receive a mix of A and B grades 31% 8th grade girls Receive a mix of A and B grades 48% High school valedictorians ARe girls 70% The mean GPA of male and female high school graduates since 1990 4.0 Female 3.2 3.1 Male 3.09 3.10 3.05 3.0 3.00 2.9 2.90 2.90 2.86 2.8 2.83 2.77 2.79 2.7 2.68 2.6 2.59 2.5 1990 1994 1998 2000 2005 2009 GRaduation YeaR ||||||||||||| | ||| ||| Boys Lead the Way in Disciplinary Action Students Receiving Suspensions & Explusions by Gender Boys GİRİS 100% 80% 72% 74% 67% 68% 60% 51% 49% Ч0%. 33% 32% 28%% 26% 20% 0% 2 3. 3 I. ovErall enrollment 2. in-school suspension 4. multiple out-of-school suspensions 5. expulsions 3. single out-of-school suspension 71% of all school suspensions AŘe male (U.S. Dept. of Education) Male Students more Prone to Learning Disabilities 18% DecRease TWo-thiRds The number of male and female students identified with LD between 2002 and 2011 of students identified with LD are male. (male & female combined) 19% VS. 35% 68% 19% 12% 2002 2011 male and female students with LD dropped out of school Male and female students with LD earn lower gRades and expERience higher Rates of couRse Failure in high school than' students without LD. Sources http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/adhd.htm http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/doc s/crdc-discipline-snapshot.pdf, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/classro om-rigged-boys/ http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2011_08_14_arch ive.html, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/classro om-rigged-boys/, http://onpoint.wbur.org/2014/05/12/boys-falli ng-behind-girls-education https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-a bout-high-school-dropout-rates http://www.americaspromise.org/dropout-crisi s-facts http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_ch grandriver.org 440.275.2811 GRAND RIVER a.asp, ACADEMY http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/1 2/12/college-enrollment-falls-for-second-year-i n-a-row, 1831 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/08 /20/study-links-high-school-gpa-gender-gap-c ollegiate-aspirations#sthash.tCK9s72x.dpbs enrollment (millions) GPA Certification of Completion DROP Out Regular Diploma