Claire Miller

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Data journalist, maths geek, feminist, responsible for a lot of the ICO's FOI caseload. Book: https://t.co/TWcw44PCzD

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Why boys are behind in school from the start

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Claire Miller

Girls have been outperforming boys in American schools for decades, from elementary school through college. But the gender gap in education starts even earlier: Boys enter kindergarten less prepared than girls, and this early deficit can compound and help explain some of the recent struggles of boys and young men.
Why Boys Are Behind in School From the Start

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Claire Miller

8 hours agoA Mesa Community College instructor encourages his female drama students to strip for a class assignment. Two months later, he was still teaching and the school is playing duck and cover. A Mesa Community College drama teacher in Arizona encouraged his young female students to strip on stage for …
Why Boys Are Behind in School From the Start

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Claire Miller

As the expectations for kindergarten have risen, the changes have put boys, who tend to mature later, at a disadvantage. Girls have been outperforming boys in American schools for decades, from elementary school through college. But the gender gap in education starts even earlier: Boys enter kindergarten less prepared than girls, and this early deficit can compound and help explain some of the recent struggles of boys and young men.
It’s not just a feeling: Data shows U.S. boys and young men are falling behind

3 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Claire Miller

Boys and young men are struggling. Across their lives — in their educational achievement, mental health and transitions to adulthood — there are warning signs that they are falling behind, even as their female peers surge ahead. In the United States, researchers say several economic and social changes have combined to change boys’ and men’s trajectories. School has changed in ways that favor girls, and work has changed in ways that favor women.
Data Shows Boys and Young Men Are Falling Behind

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Claire Miller

Boys' educational achievement, mental health and transitions to adulthood indicate that many are not thriving. Boys and young men are struggling. Across their lives - in their educational achievement, mental health and transitions to adulthood - there are warning signs that they are falling behind, even as their female peers surge ahead. In the United States, researchers say several economic and social changes have combined to change boys' and men's trajectories.
Mathematical modelling of macrophage and natural killer cell immune response during early stages of peritoneal endometriosis lesion onset

1 month ago | biorxiv.org | Claire Miller |Domenic P.J. Germano |Alicia M. Chenoweth |Sarah J Holdsworth-Carson

AbstractThe immune system is hypothesised to contribute to the onset of endometriosis lesions. However, the precise mechanisms underlying its role are not yet known. We introduce a novel compartmental model that describes the interactions between innate immune cells, specifically macrophages and natural killer cells, and endometrial cells, occurring within the peritoneal fluid during the early stages of superficial peritoneal) endometriosis lesion onset.
In a shift, more Republicans want government investment in children

2 months ago | mahoningmatters.com | Claire Miller

Democrats have long looked to the government to support their families through public programs and spending. Increasingly, Republicans want the same. The details of how they want the government to help vary. But the growing bipartisan agreement reflects a belief among parents that American families are in crisis and something has to change.
The Women Most Affected by Abortion Bans

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Claire Miller |Margot Sanger-Katz

Abortion bans successfully prevented some women from getting abortions in the immediate aftermath of the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, according to a detailed new study of birth data from 2023. The effects were most pronounced among women in certain groups - Black and Hispanic women, women without a college degree, and women living farthest from a clinic. Abortion has continued to rise since the period the data covers, especially through pills shipped into states with bans.
Teenagers Say Girls Are Equal to Boys in School, or Are Ahead

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Claire Miller

In the 1980s and 1990s, boys still dominated American classrooms. They outscored girls in math and science, they raised their hands more often and they got more attention from teachers, data showed. That's not the reality for today's students. More than half of teenagers say that boys and girls are now mostly equal in school.
Teenagers Say Girls Are Equal to Boys in School, or Are Ahead

2 months ago | t.ly | Claire Miller

You have been granted access, use your keyboard to continue reading. Reflecting a generational change, two Pew surveys show boys tend to feel discouraged in the classroom, and are less likely than girls to pursue college. Listen to this article · 5:33 min Learn morePublished March 13, 2025Updated March 21, 2025Sign up for the Tilt newsletter, for Times subscribers only. Nate Cohn, The Times’s chief political analyst, makes sense of the latest political data.

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