Girls Get Better Grades Than Boys, But That Might Not Lead To Fair Pay

Expert comment provided by the European Institute for Gender Equality. 

A Cambridge study found that in the UK, boys typically perform worse than girls in exams, from early years through to university.

Some researchers, including those commissioned by parliament’s Education Committee, have sought to find out why that is, while headlines posit that schools might be “biased” against boys. 

We aren’t seeking to explain that difference here. Instead, we wanted to know whether the...