David LePere, Executive Director of Cherokee Creek Boys School, spoke to Lon Woodbury and Liz McGhee on L.A. Talk Radio about how we can help boys succeed in school.
The host of the Parenting Choices for Struggling Teens radio program, Lon Woodbury, is an Independent Educational Specialist and the founder of Woodbury Reports. Since 1984, he has worked with family members and at-risk adolescents. Co-host Elizabeth McGhee, the Director of Admissions and Referral Relations at Sandhill Child Development Center, has over 19 years working with struggling adolescents.
A Brief Bio On David LePere
Mr. LePere began began working in the field of education and therapy in 1989. As an educator, he has been a group leader and wilderness therapy guide. Since 2003, he has served as a School Director and Executive Supervisor for two therapeutic institutions as well as a wilderness treatment program. His work in team leadership, and his extensive experience in management, financial planning, program development, team training and risk management are a remarkable contribution to Cherokee Creek Boys School.
Practical Suggestions On How We Can Help Boys Succeed in School
David talked about how there is a problem in the education of boys in both public and private schools. As a father of three boys himself, he is aware of how boyish behavior often runs contrary to the norms of regular schools. Moreover, in his role as an educator at Cherokee Creek Boys School, a middle school for boys, he has heard many scary stories about how the zero tolerance policy in school can often result in boys being expelled for boyish antics. In many cases, too, low impulse control led to boys being hastily diagnosed as having ADHD.
He said that the boy crisis across the nation had created some alarming statistics: 80% of boys drop out of high school, 40% drop out of college, and 70% of D's and F's in schools go to boys. Although there are numerous reasons for this disturbing trend, from a change in society's expectation of men as primary bread winners to cultural shifts in the educational system, he felt that one reason boys fell through the cracks was because of the myth of gender brain plasticity: the unscientific belief that men and women had similar brains and could learn everything equally well and interchangeably. Besides difficulties in school, the boy crisis also created a "failure to launch," a situation where young men did not feel motivated to find a job, live on their own, and raise a family.
The host of the Parenting Choices for Struggling Teens radio program, Lon Woodbury, is an Independent Educational Specialist and the founder of Woodbury Reports. Since 1984, he has worked with family members and at-risk adolescents. Co-host Elizabeth McGhee, the Director of Admissions and Referral Relations at Sandhill Child Development Center, has over 19 years working with struggling adolescents.
A Brief Bio On David LePere
Mr. LePere began began working in the field of education and therapy in 1989. As an educator, he has been a group leader and wilderness therapy guide. Since 2003, he has served as a School Director and Executive Supervisor for two therapeutic institutions as well as a wilderness treatment program. His work in team leadership, and his extensive experience in management, financial planning, program development, team training and risk management are a remarkable contribution to Cherokee Creek Boys School.
Practical Suggestions On How We Can Help Boys Succeed in School
David talked about how there is a problem in the education of boys in both public and private schools. As a father of three boys himself, he is aware of how boyish behavior often runs contrary to the norms of regular schools. Moreover, in his role as an educator at Cherokee Creek Boys School, a middle school for boys, he has heard many scary stories about how the zero tolerance policy in school can often result in boys being expelled for boyish antics. In many cases, too, low impulse control led to boys being hastily diagnosed as having ADHD.
He said that the boy crisis across the nation had created some alarming statistics: 80% of boys drop out of high school, 40% drop out of college, and 70% of D's and F's in schools go to boys. Although there are numerous reasons for this disturbing trend, from a change in society's expectation of men as primary bread winners to cultural shifts in the educational system, he felt that one reason boys fell through the cracks was because of the myth of gender brain plasticity: the unscientific belief that men and women had similar brains and could learn everything equally well and interchangeably. Besides difficulties in school, the boy crisis also created a "failure to launch," a situation where young men did not feel motivated to find a job, live on their own, and raise a family.
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Learn more about Lon Woodbury on Struggling Teens. He has recorded the entire interview on his weekly L.A. Talk Radio show for people to listen to at any time.
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