{"product_id":"9781447370246-lost-boys","title":"Lost Boys","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow Education is Failing Young Working-Class Men\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the mid-2000s, consistent commentary from politicians and media outlets in the UK have presented low educational attainment and low aspiration as defining attributes of working-class boys in education. It has often characterised them as misogynistic, aggressive and unwilling to learn. But how true is this? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCombining research, real-life case studies and the author’s experience of navigating school exclusion, this book provides clear recommendations for how to better support the health, wellbeing and vulnerabilities of working-class boys and men through both policy and practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChallenging us to reconsider ideas about the role of masculinity in the lives of working-class boys and men, the book asks what would change if, instead of focusing on perceived individual failures, we considered the troubled relationship between working-class boys and the social and educational systems in which they reside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55922883264886,"sku":"9781447370246","price":99.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35422113_06c09761-9e58-4849-bbef-6d993295610c.jpg?v=1752805838","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781447370246-lost-boys","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}