From our series highlighting Virginia organizations that are national and global leaders in celebrating and supporting boy and men.
The Center for the Study of Boys is a school-based research institute that has conducted nearly 50 studies focused on how K-12 aged boys learn, grow and develop.
The center has a staff of five and is based at St. Christopher’s School, a private PK-12 all-boys school in Richmond, Va. Last year it celebrated its 10 year anniversary, an event headlined by Richard Reeves, President of the American Institute for Boys and Men.
In this video I interview Director Dr. Kimberly Hudson, a member of the Virginia Coalition for Boys and Men, about the center’s global leadership, as it partners on research with schools around the world and consults with schools that are launching their own research centers. Hudson sits on the International Boys’ Schools Coalition Board of Trustees and is Chair of the International Boys’ Schools Coalition Research Committee.
Highlights:
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The elegance and power of classroom-based “action research”
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Research topic highlights including emotional development, effective learning, social support and understanding sexual citizenship
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How the Center for the Study of Boys’s reputation and influence grows along with the global recognition of the need to better understand how boys develop and learn