Statistics from research studies indicate that boys have more difficulty than girls in learning to read. As a result, changes being made in the educational system are aimed at adapting early instruction to the individual needs and capacities of boys as well as girls. This booklet focuses on past research on sex differences in reading achievement, a "right-to-read" program for boys, current programs accommodating to sex differences, the author's research in reading instruction, and sex differences in learning and teaching methods (personality style, activity levels, subject matter interests, listening skills, verbal facility, auditory discrimination, attention span, and goals and motivations). A bibliography is included. (JM)