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Yes He Can! Closing the Attainment Gap for Boys at Secondary School book cover

1st Edition

Yes He Can! Closing the Attainment Gap for Boys at Secondary School

By Mike Bell Copyright 2027
128 Pages
by Routledge

128 Pages
by Routledge

This book reveals how six schools, serving very different communities, successfully tackled their boys’ attainment gap by focusing on whole-school culture change. It explores the reasons why boys are underachieving and dispels common myths about engaging boys. Offering a wide range of tried-and-tested strategies, the book provides detailed guidance on creating a safe, respectful school... Read more

Foreword

Introduction

Part 1: Background

1.1. What's the problem?

1.2. About the schools

1.3. General lessons learned 

Part 2: Effective Interventions

2.1. Changing  the culture

2.2. Building relationships

2.3. Role models 

2.4. Enrichment and celebrating success

2.5. High expectations

2.6. Language skills: Literacy and Oracy

2.7. Rewards and consequences 

Part 3: Supporting your staff

3.1. Time to focus on solutions 

3.2. Unskilling staff

Part 4: Conclusions 

4.1. An optimistic message

4.2. Summary

Biography

Mike Bell taught science in secondary schools and then ran courses in evidence-based methods for the Evidence Based Teachers Network (EBTN). He is the author of The Fundamentals of Teaching, Routledge 2021. He founded and was the lead researcher for the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Men and Boys issues from 2021 to 2025.

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