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Peg Tyre: "The Trouble with Boys" | Talks at Google - YouTube » Oct 28, 2008 ...Interviewing hundreds of parents, kids, teachers, and experts, award-winning journalist Peg Tyre drills below the eye-catching statistics to examine how the educational system is failing our sons in The Trouble with Boys. She explores the convergence of culprits, from the emphasis on high-stress academics... Youtube.com

A Group of American Teens Are Excelling at Advanced Math - The ... » Feb 23, 2016 ...About the Author. Peg Tyre is the director of strategy at the Edwin Gould Foundation and the author of The Good School: How Smart Parents Get Their Kids the Education They Deserve. Theatlantic.com

A's for Good Behavior - The New York Times » By PEG TYRE NOV. 27, 2010. Continue reading the main story Share This Page. Continue reading the main story. Share; Tweet; Email; More; Save. A few years ago, teachers at Ellis Middle School in Austin, Minn., might have said that their top students were easy to identify: they completed their homework and handed it in... Nytimes.com

Why American Students Can't Write — The Atlantic » In "The Writing Revolution," Peg Tyre traces the problems at one troubled New York high school to a simple fact: The students couldn't write coherent sentences. In 2009 New Dorp High made a radical change. Instead of trying to engage students through memoir exercises and creative assignments, the school required... Theatlantic.com

Biography » My children are grown and done with comic books themselves, my wife Peg Tyre has published a couple of books of her own, including the New York Times bestseller The Trouble With Boys, and the world has gone through several convulsions that could not have been fully foreseen by any sane person in 2006. Peterblauner.com

Author Peg Tyre » Peg Tyre, author of The Good School and The Trouble with Boys. Pegtyre.com

Making the Grade: When Do Kids Deserve A's? | Family Circle » Across the country, schools and parents are engaged in a great debate: Should kids get A's for doing their homework, being on time and all-around good behavior? Or should top marks go only to students who master the material? Familycircle.com

Beyond School Supplies: How DonorsChoose is Crowdsourcing ... » Feb 10, 2014 ...By Peg Tyre long Read. Every chance he gets, Charles Best, the founder of DonorsChoose.org, leafs through the carefully lettered, colorfully illustrated thank -you notes from public school students that arrive daily at the loft office he shares with his staff in the garment district of Manhattan. The letters are like... Fastcompany.com

Education: Boys Falling Behind Girls in Many Areas » By Peg Tyre On 1/29/06 at 7:00 PM. Share. Education. Spend a few minutes on the phone with Danny Frankhuizen and you come away thinking, "What a nice boy." He's thoughtful, articulate, bright. He has a good relationship with his mom, goes to church every Sunday, loves the rock band Phish and spends hours each ... Newsweek.com

The Writing Revolution - The Atlantic » About the Author. Peg Tyre is the director of strategy at the Edwin Gould Foundation and the author of The Good School: How Smart Parents Get Their Kids the Education They Deserve. Theatlantic.com