I just want to say, as someone who actually is a feminist person, without the scare quotes, it's much better for society as a whole, and for women, if boys do as well in education as possible.

I too would like to see more research on this (and also a lot more policy attention given to international research which I think is something NZ does badly).

But, I also think this article fudges the issue slightly in the way it suddenly shifts the goalposts from all boys to disadvantaged boys. The gender pay gap is not going away anytime soon. This is partly due to sector pay differences, and most of the trades are still not particularly welcoming for young women (given that, it's no wonder young women throw themselves into tertiary in such numbers). Middleclass boys by and large are still becoming successful men, as far as I can see.