the boys initiative

February 10, 2012

National News Clips

• Education Gap Grows Between Rich and Poor, Studies Say
  New York Times
  February 9, 2012
• Study: Parents' Education Better Defense Against Adolescent Obesity Than Wealth
  Bay State Citizen
  February 9, 2012
• 100 Black Men of Augusta focuses on mentoring black youth
  The Augusta Chronicle
  February 9, 2012
• Kids show cultural gender bias
  Physorg.com
  February 9, 2012
• "What It Takes" E-Mentoring Call to Action
  blacknews.com
  February 9, 2012
• Knight Foundation grant to help train tomorrow's African American leaders
  Pride Source
  February 9, 2012
• Utah lawmaker wants to ban talk of contraception in schools
  Salt Lake Tribune
  February 8, 2012
• Teen Pregnancies Hit New Low, but Disparities Remain
  NPR Shots
  February 8, 2012
• At cash-strapped schools, obesity rules
  Futurity.org
  February 7, 2012
• Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) Announces Adolescent Vaccine Project Grant Recipients
  Newswise
  February 7, 2012
• The sexualization of children and what schools can do about it
  Washington Post
  February 7, 2012
• Anger bubbles up in Congress over anti-obesity ads targeting soda
  Los Angeles Times
  February 7, 2012
• Study: Child Abuse Affects More U.S. Kids than SIDS
  Time Heartland
  February 6, 2012
• Business leaders back early education as economic development
  Mainebiz
  February 6, 2012
• Junk food widely available at U.S. elementary schools despite anti-obesity push
  Washington Post
  February 6, 2012
• Hart: Teaching kids how to play outside is money well spent
  Houston Chronicle
  February 5, 2012
• Sex-ed less effective in red states, study says
  MSNBC
  February 6, 2012
• Many Hits, Rather Than A Big One, Pose Greatest Concussion Risk
  NPR Shots Blog
  February 3, 2012
• Colorado lawmakers delay considering nation’s toughest restrictions on trans fats at schools
  Washington Post
  February 2, 2012
• School-Based Health Centers Reap Benefits
  Governing the States and Localities
  February 1, 2012

Opinion

• Wisconsin Set to Overturn Healthy Youth Act in Favor of Abstinence-Only Programming
  RH Reality Check
  February 8, 2012
• Halting the childhood obesity epidemic requires support of many communities
  The Hill
  February 7, 2012
• Yes, Black Males Are Different, but Different Is Not Deficient
  Education Week
  February 3, 2012
• School food may not be so cool
  Washington Post
  February 2, 2012

POINT

• The voices of young black males
  By Tracey Sparrow and Abby Sparrow

COUNTERPOINT

• Blaming the Victims in Their Own Voices; Phi Delta Kappan Does Disservice to African-Americans
  By Amy Wilkins, America's Wire Writers Group
  February 9, 2012

Studies

• Elementary Schools Are Making Some Progress in Efforts to Prevent Obesity, But Still Have Work To Do
  New Research Examines Nutrition and Physical Activity in Nation’s Elementary Schools
  The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools

Events

• "The Interrupters" Premieres on Frontline February 14
  "Best Documentary of 2011" shows how "violence interrupters" stop the transmission of violence
  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

International News

AFGHANISTAN

• The Dancing Boys of Afghanistanr Examines Sexual Abuse in Afghanistan
  Huffington Post
  February 8, 2012

AUSTRALIA

• More boys falling victim to eating disorders as messages mixed
  The Australian
  February 8, 2010
• Sexual behaviour in children: What's normal?
  BrisbaneTimes.com
  February 7, 2012

BAHAMAS

• Boys Conference to focus on the value of making right choices
  The Freeport News
  February 9, 2012

SCOTLAND

• Game plan to close gender gap in Scottish schools
  Scotsman.com
  February 5, 2012

UK

• Single-sex or co-educational schools for girls and boys?
  BBC News
  February 6, 2012