Name: Gaming to re-engage boys in learning
Uploaded: 2011-01-14T16:28:00Z
Duration: 12 min 13 s
Description: In her talk, Ali Carr-Chellman pinpoints three reasons boys are tuning out of school in droves, and lays out her bold plan to re-engage them: bringing their culture into the classroom, with new rules that let boys be boys, and video games that teach as well as entertain.

In her talk, Ali Carr-Chellman pinpoints three reasons boys are tuning out of school in droves, and lays out her bold plan to re-engage them: bringing their culture into the classroom, with new rules that let boys be boys, and video games that teach as well as entertain.

Ali Carr-Chellman: Gaming to re-engage boys in learning

Gaming to re-engage boys in learning

For every 100 girls suspended from school, 250 boys face the same fate, revealing a stark imbalance in school discipline.

For every 100 girls suspended, 250 boys face the same fate, revealing a stark educational bias demanding urgent redress.

Zero tolerance policies disproportionately affect boys, stifling creative expression and contributing to disengagement in schools.