Peg Tyre: "The Trouble with Boys"

Boys begin to struggle the moment they enter a classroom. In preschool, they're five times more likely than girls to be expelled; in elementary school, they're four times more likely to be diagnosed with learning disorders. They account for only 43 percent of Americans enrolled in college. The Pulitzer Prize--winning journalist Peg Tyre presents years of research from schools around the country on why boys are the new academic underdogs.