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.
Lon Woodbury is the host of the radio show, Parenting Choices for Struggling Adolescents. He is an Independent Educational Professional and the publisher of the prominent Woodbury Reports. He has assisted families since 1984. His co-host Elizabeth McGhee is the Director of Admissions and Referral Relations at Sandhill Child Development, and she has over nineteen years assisting families.
A Brief Bio On David LePere
David began working in therapeutic education in 1989 as a teacher. He later became a team leader or primary counselor and wilderness guide. Since 2003, he has served in the roles of School Director and Executive Director for two therapeutic schools and a wilderness therapy program. His collaborative approach to team leadership, and experience in administration, financial planning, program development, staff training and risk management are a tremendous asset to Cherokee Creek.
Practical Suggestions On How We Can Help Boys Succeed in School
Mr. LePere talked about how there is a problem in the education of boys in both public and private schools. As a father of three children himself, all boys, he understands firsthand just how boyish high spirits frequently disrupt the norms of regular schools. Furthermore, in his role as an educator at Cherokee Spring Boys School, which is a Middle School, he has heard numerous terrifying tales about just how the no tolerance policy in numerous educational institutions have often caused boys to be kicked out for boyish antics. Oftentimes, too, their reduced impulse control has been labeled as 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.
Lon Woodbury is the host of the radio show, Parenting Choices for Struggling Adolescents. He is an Independent Educational Professional and the publisher of the prominent Woodbury Reports. He has assisted families since 1984. His co-host Elizabeth McGhee is the Director of Admissions and Referral Relations at Sandhill Child Development, and she has over nineteen years assisting families.
A Brief Bio On David LePere
David began working in therapeutic education in 1989 as a teacher. He later became a team leader or primary counselor and wilderness guide. Since 2003, he has served in the roles of School Director and Executive Director for two therapeutic schools and a wilderness therapy program. His collaborative approach to team leadership, and experience in administration, financial planning, program development, staff training and risk management are a tremendous asset to Cherokee Creek.
Practical Suggestions On How We Can Help Boys Succeed in School
Mr. LePere talked about how there is a problem in the education of boys in both public and private schools. As a father of three children himself, all boys, he understands firsthand just how boyish high spirits frequently disrupt the norms of regular schools. Furthermore, in his role as an educator at Cherokee Spring Boys School, which is a Middle School, he has heard numerous terrifying tales about just how the no tolerance policy in numerous educational institutions have often caused boys to be kicked out for boyish antics. Oftentimes, too, their reduced impulse control has been labeled as 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.
About the Author:
Lon Woodbury, the founder of Struggling Teens, has recorded the entire interview on his weekly L.A. Talk Radio show for people to listen to at their convenience.
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