I did not say that boys have the same learning style as girls. I said that the reason boys are falling behind has nothing to do with having a different learning style. It has to do with boys not having the motivation to do well in school.

I admittedly do not believe there is much of a difference in the learning styles of boys and girls, and that the difference which does exist is caused by our culture, not by the makeup of the brain. However, those are different debates, which are not related to this simple fact: boys are falling behind in schools because they simply do not put for the same effort as girls.

Instead of comparing all boys to all girls, we need to compare boys who care about school to girls who care about school. The rates of success will be far more even.