Boys ditch books when schools close - girls keep reading
March 24, 2026
March 24, 2026
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, March 24 -- The University of Copenhagen posted the following news:
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Boys ditch books when schools close - girls keep reading
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The gap between boys' and girls' reading grows when schools are closed. This is shown in a new study published in the scientific journal PNAS, where researchers followed the reading habits of more than 200,000 Danish schoolchildren during holidays and COVID-19 lockdowns.
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Boys ditch books when schools close - girls keep reading
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The gap between boys' and girls' reading grows when schools are closed. This is shown in a new study published in the scientific journal PNAS, where researchers followed the reading habits of more than 200,000 Danish schoolchildren during holidays and COVID-19 lockdowns.
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