The last couple of years have seen a growing concern and interest in boys' underachievement (particularly in terms of exams results and school exclusions). While there is still a debate about whether we are witnessing girls' achievement or boys' underachievement, and also whether it is all boys, or particular groups of boys, that are underachieving, concerns about boys are undoubtedly appropriate. This issue aims to explore various aspects of this underachievement. Up until this issue, reprinting from other sources has been a rarity for us at WWM, but, in this case, there are so many very useful booklets, papers and reports that have appeared in the last two years that we have decided to ask publishers to reproduce excerpts from them. These extracts include statistics, causes, examples of developing practice and ideas of what can be done. We thank all the publishers concerned for their permission for us to reprint these excerpts. In addition to these pieces, we include two reports produced for schools on opposite ends of the world about what boys have to say about improving schools and an article on the work of The Everyman Centre in combating men's domestic violence. Trefor Lloyd and Tristan Wood Joint Editors | 
