The education gender gap is bad for girls as well as boys

By Melissa Benn. Test-obsessed schools are producing women who are getting an A* for compliance but are unprepared for their lives ahead. More girls are applying to university this year; 62,000 more of them to be exact. To anyone who has followed the steady rise in girls' educational achievements over the past few decades, this should come as no surprise. While boys may be gaining ground in recent years (notching up more top A-level marks), overall girls now "outperform" boys from the early years through to postgraduate qualifications. More...