Girls are performing better than boys in school.

There is twice the chance that your son will be suspended as your daughter and three times the chance that he will be expelled.
While internationally it is usually the girls who lack the educational opportunities, boys are the ones who are falling behind. Colleges sometimes give special assistance to boys and 64% of the National Honor Society members are girls.One theory is that the world have become more verbal and "Boys Don't Talk." Nicholas Kristof discusses this problem in

The New York Times.