Girls Rule (the Books).

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Author: Subramanyam, Urmila

Women and girls around the industrialized world moved up so fast academically during the 1990s that they're now ahead of boys and men, according to a report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a think tank on global social issues.

Females are now more likely to get college degrees in most OECD countries. Men still get more degrees only in Japan, Switzerland, and Turkey.

At the high school level, 15-year-old girls reported higher expectations for their future occupations than boys. Girls in fourth grade outperformed boys in reading in every country surveyed by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement.

"Fifteen years ago, we were reporting that girls don't stay in school and don't go on to post-secondary education," said Barry McGaw, OECD's education director. "Look what they've done in 15 years."

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By Urmila Subramanyam