Math is from Mars, Books are from Venus

When it comes to learning, there are a few ways that boys are different from girls, and several educators (and Laura Bush) believe that those differences should change. The educators say that, compared to girls, boys have very weak reading skills.

While some people believe that the problem with boys and books isn't that serious, others like Jon Scieszka, author of the "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales," and founder of the Web site www.guysread.com-a website dedicated to encouraging boys to be more interested in reading-say that boys need to run to their nearest library ASAP. After conducting nation-wide tests for 25 years, Scieszka and his crew has discovered that "that boys are doing worse than girls" when it comes to reading.

There have also been "sometimes fierce" debates over how girls are lacking in math and science.