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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Conference Seeks Ways To Keep Boys in School
Associated Press
SANDIA PUEBLO — Educators and community members from across New Mexico are meeting today to find out why education is failing boys.
The New Mexico Men's Council for Boys and Young Men is holding its second annual conference at Sandia Resort and Casino. The gathering is focusing on closing the achievement gap for boys in education.
Conference organizers say dropout data from 2008 show that fewer than half the boys in New Mexico graduate from high school and only about 42 percent of students in colleges and universities are male.
They say as boys leave school, many turn to drugs and alcohol and violence which then drives up rates of addiction and domestic violence.
The organizers hope the conference will help mobilize parents, teachers, administrators and students to address the problem.
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