Education

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In this extended episode we talk about the challenges for boys in education. When we made this podcast, we were at the end of year 10, about to go into our final year of GCSEs and we wanted to understand more about the bigger picture about boys taking GCSEs. Our special guest this week is Alex Blower, a researcher from Arts University Bournemouth who also runs an organisation called Boys Impact supporting young men and boys. He talks about the inequalities facing boys in the education system. We then went back to school to talk to some of our teachers (as well as pastoral support and youth workers) about things that could improve the environment for boys to learn and what more adults can do…