"Having already read other books on the subject, such as Peg Tyre's The Trouble With Boys\", Christina Hoff Sommers' The War Against Boys\" (both applauded and derided by Whitmire), or Work Hard, Be Nice by Jay Matthews, a lot of Why Boys Fail was familiar.Most helpful were the examples of schools that get things right, mostly by making sure no one, boys or girls, are falling behind.Whitmire ke" . . . . .