Let's scotch the myth that boys don't read
Back in 2000, my wife and I were researching a new school for our son. The first head teacher we met was keen to tell us that his school had an excellent record of managing boys’ reading problems, which was interesting but not that interesting, since we were unaware that our son had a problem. At …
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