Sentences with phrase «american girls than boys»

Not exact matches

The perceptive piece on «date rape» («Boys and Girls: The Long Way Back to the Obvious,» The Public Square, May) highlights the fact that while many Americans are reinventing the wheel, many feminists are perversely insisting that it be square rather than round.

There's no way of winning here so the best thing is: let girls fight girls and boys boys... This kid is showing more decency and common sense than the average American.

Today, the average age at which American children complete potty training is higher than at any time in history: 36 months for girls and 38 months for boys.

The average American boy or girl spends as few as 30 minutes in unstructured outdoor play each day, and more than seven hours each day in front of an electronic screen.

More than 99 percent of the children were of western ethnic origin (e.g., European, American), 86 percent of their parents lived together, and they were evenly divided between boys and girls.

A 2008 study in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine followed more than 1,000 asthmatic children through their teen years and found that by the age of 18, 27 % of the boys no longer had asthma, compared to just 14 % of the girls.

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) published a series of studies in the 1990s called Shortchanging Girls, Shortchanging America, which highlighted the fact that girls aged 9 to 15 suffered from lower self - esteem, less willingness to stand up for their views with teachers, and lower interest in science and mathematics than Girls, Shortchanging America, which highlighted the fact that girls aged 9 to 15 suffered from lower self - esteem, less willingness to stand up for their views with teachers, and lower interest in science and mathematics than girls aged 9 to 15 suffered from lower self - esteem, less willingness to stand up for their views with teachers, and lower interest in science and mathematics than boys.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), defined by the American Academy of Pediatrics as a «condition of the brain that makes it difficult for children to control their behavior,» affects an estimated 4 to 12 percent of all school - age children — about three times more boys than girls.

Even though more women and girls are getting college degrees and scoring in the top ranks on national math tests than was the case in the 1970s, their academic gains have not come at the expense of boys, says a report by the American Association of University Women.

· People think their local schools do a better job of attending to the needs of girls than of boys, with African Americans perceiving the largest gender differences in the way students are treated;

For example, administrators may think of discipline disparities as an issue that mainly affects boys, not realizing until they examine the data that African American girls are often disciplined more often than white or Asian boys and far more often than girls of any other racial background.

Findings show that, generally, girls self - report as being more engaged than boys, White students and Asian American students are more engaged than other races across all three dimensions, students in advanced classes are more engaged, non-low-income students report more engagement, and students who begin and stay at their high school starting in the ninth grade are higher across the dimensions of engagement.

From as early as preschool, boys are expelled almost five times as often as girls; for all grade levels, African American students are suspended or expelled at rates several times higher than any other group; and nonheterosexual youth experience school sanctions up to three times more often than heterosexual youth.

During the years, the Association has donated more than $ 7 million to numerous charities that include Boys and Girls Clubs of Broward County, Joe DiMaggio Hospital, YMCA, Alzheimer's Association Sheridan House, Museum of Art, American Cancer Society, Historic Society of Fort Lauderdale to name but a few.

In the past four years, local charities, from the Boys and Girls clubs to the American Cancer Society, have received more than $ 4,500 from my closings.