[Nemo]

Boys score lower on reading tests than girls. That's a problem since reading affects every other area of academic achievement. Boys also have lower high school graduation rates and fewer boys attend or graduate from college.

If you wanted to create a targeted program that tries to address that gap, you'd probably want to base it around something that boys like, such as robotics.

I can see why there's a righteous backlash given the under-representation of girls in STEM stuff. Excluding girls was a whiff, but I suspect that these people had their hearts in the right place when they stumbled into this thing.