Talk of the Towns 11/14/08

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: Gender Divide in Maine Schools What do we know about how boys and girls develop and learn?  What led to the gender divide research and who was involved?  What were the results and how do these relate to significant trends? Guests: Georgia Nigro, Bates College, Dept. of Psychology; Layne Gregory, Executive Director, Boys to Men;  Craig Kesselheim, Great Schools Partnership; Troy Wagstaff, Director of Guidance, Hampden Academy Call in show FMI: www.greatschoolspartnership.org/pdf/MaineBoysNetwork_2008Report.pdf The post Talk of the Towns 11/14/08 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.