Hey, look at that. There's no "crisis" in boys' (or, really, anyone's) education [View all]

[Recursion]

So, first off, not exactly everybody, there is one group that's having problems:



Native Americans/Aleutian islanders are seeing a slip in high school graduation rates. We should work on that.

However, I'm always skeptical of any talk about "crisis" in American education when the facts show that it's doing a better job than at any point in history:

Here's the high school dropout rate, at an historically low level for both male and female students:



Here's the college enrollment rate, at historic highs:



Here's completion of "at least Associates' degrees" by gender:



Here's median college graduate income, incidentally (nominal dollars, so not particularly worthwhile to ponder):



Here's college graduation rates, note it's at an historic high for both male and female students:



And a somewhat more nicely-formatted presentation of the same data (and using a slightly more inclusive definition of "graduation", hence the higher percentage):



Boys aren't being "left behind" in any measurable way. Male students are performing better than they have at any point since we started keeping records. So, for that matter, is every single population and income group, with the notable exception of Native American/Aleutian Islanders. In fact, on standardized tests, African American students today outperform white students from a generation ago. That gap persists, but all cohorts are improving.

If this is "failing", we could use some more of it.