Boys graduate high school at lower rates than girls, with lifelong consequences
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Bryant West poses for a portrait on a basketball court built by NBA star Devin Booker, who went to high school here, in Moss Point, Miss., Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. Girls consistently are outperforming boys, graduating at higher rates at public high schools around the country. Students, educators and researchers say there are several reasons why boys are falling short.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Bryant West, who has a job at a Walmart, holds a copy of his GED, as he poses for a portrait in Pascagoula, Miss., Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. Girls consistently are outperforming boys, graduating at higher rates at public high schools around the country. Students, educators and researchers say there are several reasons why boys are falling short.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Bryant West, who has a job at a Walmart, poses for a portrait in Pascagoula, Miss., Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. Girls consistently are outperforming boys, graduating at higher rates at public high schools around the country. Students, educators and researchers say there are several reasons why boys are falling short.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Bryant West poses for a portrait on a basketball court built by NBA star Devin Booker, who went to high school here, in Moss Point, Miss., Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. Girls consistently are outperforming boys, graduating at higher rates at public high schools around the country. Students, educators and researchers say there are several reasons why boys are falling short.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Bryant West poses for a portrait on a basketball court built by NBA star Devin Booker, who went to high school here, in Moss Point, Miss., Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. Girls consistently are outperforming boys, graduating at higher rates at public high schools around the country. Students, educators and researchers say there are several reasons why boys are falling short.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Bryant West poses for a portrait on a basketball court built by NBA star Devin Booker, who went to high school here, in Moss Point, Miss., Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. Girls consistently are outperforming boys, graduating at higher rates at public high schools around the country. Students, educators and researchers say there are several reasons why boys are falling short.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Bryant West poses for a portrait on a basketball court built by NBA star Devin Booker, who went to high school here, in Moss Point, Miss., Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. Girls consistently are outperforming boys, graduating at higher rates at public high schools around the country. Students, educators and researchers say there are several reasons why boys are falling short.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Bryant West poses for a portrait on a basketball court built by NBA star Devin Booker, who went to high school here, in Moss Point, Miss., Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. They attend the same classes with access to the same programs, and even come from the same families. But girls consistently are outperforming boys, graduating at higher rates at public high schools around the country. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Bryant West poses for a portrait on a basketball court built by NBA star Devin Booker, who went to high school here, in Moss Point, Miss., Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. Girls consistently are outperforming boys, graduating at higher rates at public high schools around the country. Students, educators and researchers say there are several reasons why boys are falling short.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
