Exploring Boys' Education

Hear about the community and diversity journey at Belmont Hill School (United States) from Headmaster Greg Schneider, who explains the practical way the school community has thought about diversity, equity, and inclusion and the focused strategy underpinning their action plan. Following the advice from Lorri Hamilton Durbin, Jakes Fredericks, and Jack Pannell in our last episode, Schneider offers encouragement to other schools around the globe undertaking this essential work.

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Delve into inclusion and belonging in boys’ schools with Lorri Hamilton Durbin, Jack Pannell, and Jakes Fredericks as they discuss the official statement: IBSC Affirms All Efforts to End Racial Inequity and Social Injustice. They offer advice for boys’ schools about building antiracist schools that embrace all intersectionalities of each boy’s identity and creating greater access and care for boys of color in schools worldwide.

News Sound Bites:

NBC News NOW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOymwWPRp4I

Huffpost Canada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXmHM7bvbWs

Yearbook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58PELH0YX1Q

DW News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7a4r3Vw47w

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Hear directly from Andrew Reiner about his new book, Better Boys, Better Men: The New Masculinity That Creates Greater Courage and Emotional Resiliency. Reiner explores how modern masculinity is harming and holding back men—and all of society—and illuminates what we can do to promote a new masculinity that lets men of all ages thrive.

IBSC Exploring Boys’ Education music composed and performed by Tom DiGiovanni. Better Boys, Better Men on Harper Collins · IBSC

Catch up on 2020 with the IBSC Exploring Boys’ Education Podcast. Reflect on highlights from the year, including excerpts from IBSC programs and podcast episodes. Celebrate our IBSC community as we wrap up a challenging year and move ahead to 2021. We look forward to bringing you more valuable information to guide boys on the journey to leading fulfilling lives. Catch you in January!

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Hear directly from award-winning, Harvard-trained psychiatrist and No. 1 best-selling author Shimi Kang about her new book, The Tech Solution: Creating Healthy Habits for Kids Growing Up in a Digital World. Kang explores the attention economy of the tech industry and tech addiction. She defines how toxic, junk, and healthy tech impacts the lives of boys, particularly as the COVID-19 pandemic has demanded greater online engagement from children and teenagers.

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In the latest episode of the IBSC Exploring Boys’ Education Podcast, Tim Jarvis from Michaelhouse (South Africa) discusses the essential role pastoral care plays in boys’ schools. Jarvis offers insight into the challenges presented in caring for boys, social and emotional warning signals boys might show, vulnerability in boys, and the importance of advisory and tutor groups in boys’ schools.

Get more details in his blog about effective pastoral care for boys.

IBSC Exploring Boys’ Education music composed and performed by Tom DiGiovanni. Tim Jarvis' Blog · Effective Pastoral Care for Boys · IBSC

Explore strategies to develop boys’ agency in learning with Margot Long, Katy Mellor, Luke Rawle, and Stephen Krawec. The IBSC action researchers share their findings and insights into the power of giving boys freedom to truly develop their own voices, make significant choices, collaborate, innovate, problem solve, ask their own questions, and think deeply.

Read IBSC Action Research reports from Mellor, Rawle, and Krawec in the IBSC Member Center.

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Explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on boys’ mental wellness with mental health advocate Natasha Devon, who highlights the importance of checking in with boys and offers teachers tips on how to help students process the challenges associated with our new way of life. She also suggests strategies schools can employ to help boys process curriculum disruption and uncertainty.

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Content Warning: Due to the nature of this topic, some adult themes are discussed.

Explore the impact of pornography on boys’ understanding of relationships, consent, and sexual health in this conversation with Justine Ang Fonté, director of health and wellness at The Dalton School in New York. Fonté highlights the importance of developing porn literacy for boys and faculty and discusses the links among pornography and healthy relationships, sex, and consent. She also suggests strategies for rolling out programs in boys’ schools that adequately prepare students for healthy sexual engagements.

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Catch up on the first season of the IBSC Exploring Boys’ Education Podcast with highlights from our most popular episodes from the podcast’s debut year. Hear something you like that can help you right now? Go back and listen to the full episode for more insight and expert advice. Thank you for helping make this first year a success. We look forward to bringing you more valuable information to help all of us guide boys on the journey to leading fulfilling lives. Season 2 will launch in September 2020.

We are grateful to the 68 contributors from 42 member schools and organisations who made Season 1 possible. Our first season has been heard in over 600 locations in 33 countries and has amassed over 4000 unique listens. IBSC