Women work better with small children.. we need a study for this?
Note this sentence:
"....the boys paired with female tutors felt better about their reading skills after the 10 weeks than those who were coached by a male research assistant."
What an asinine piece of work. Not "...the boys paired with female tutors did better on standardized reading tests..", which would actually mean something, but they "felt better about their reading skills..."
So the female tutors spent a lot of time building up their "personal esteem" (women are known for that), while the male tutors were probably actually teaching them to read.
That's already a big part of the problem with todays schools--too much female "esteem building" and not enough "get your ass to work" male skills-building.