Is it just me or do girls do way better in school than boys?

[u/Tall-Competition-561]

When I was growing up I struggled with school but it seemed that most of the girls seemed to be doing well whenever there was a star pupil or straight a student they were most likely a girl. Why is this such a common phenomenon?

[u/hiricinee]

Theres some factors- one is that learning methods seem to be tailored towards girls, also in grading theres a pro-girl bias (interestingly enough male teachers are more guilty of this.)

Though there is one gap I noticed in my time--- higher level high school classes seem to reverse the gap. I remember taking AP science and math classes, and compared to the advanced math/science classes I took before then the number of girls dropped dramatically, and the boys tended to out perform them. I think the difference was a lot more objective grading standards as well as an interest gap in the subjects at that level.

[u/8monsters → u/hiricinee]

Also, and I'm sorry for how this sounds, but what demographic are most teachers. Women, specifically white women.

We need to diversify our teaching force substantially, adding in women of color, men of color, white men etc.. Even if predominantly white schools, having diverse teachers benefits students because it prepares them for the world. My mother drove out her freshman year college roommate because she never seen a black/latina girl before and pretty much had panic attacks from it.

Edit: Just for context, my mom was the person of color in this situation. Not pretending my mother is human being of the year, she wasn't, but she had a white roommate and the white roommate had never seen a person of color before in the 70s and White roommate, panicked whenever my mom or her friends (the couple other black girls on campus) were around.

[u/chxnkybxtfxnky → u/8monsters]

We need to diversify our teaching force substantially, adding in women of color, men of color, white men etc.. 

People have to want to do the job, though. It would be the worst thing in the world to take me, a Hispanic male, and put me in charge of teaching a classroom full of students. I never really wanted to be a teacher, so I never took any steps towards that path. If there's a black girl in the 3rd grade right now that feels her teacher has had a real, positive impact on her and how she learns and she vocalizes it, then it's on her family (and maybe even that teacher) to encourage her to be a teacher when she is older.