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50% rise in men applying to be primary teachers
The number of men applying for teacher training has risen sharply because of the recession, says the body responsible for training teachers.There was a 52% rise in the number of men wanting to be primary school teachers - more than 4,700 in 2009/10, up about 1,500 compared with 2008/09.
Redundancies in the City have prompted the change, says the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA).
Scottish project to recruit young men to work in childcare
A project in Scotland, aimed at recruiting young and unemployed men into the childcare sector, has received 50,000 pounds of funding to increase training opportunities.
The Coalfield Trust awarded the money to the Men into Childcare project, which aims to help young and unemployed men in former mining areas in East Ayrshire. The Trust was originally formed in 1999 to help mining communities recover from the impact of pit closures.
The Coalfield Trust awarded the money to the Men into Childcare project, which aims to help young and unemployed men in former mining areas in East Ayrshire. The Trust was originally formed in 1999 to help mining communities recover from the impact of pit closures.
More than a quarter of England's primary schools have no male teachers
More than a quarter of England's primary schools do not have a single male teacher, it has emerged, with 4,587 school staffrooms populated solely by women.The figures are despite a multi-million pound Government campaign to encourage men back into what is now seen as a "feminine" career.
Schools need black male teachers
Visit any public school in the United States, and one thing you would be hard-pressed to find is black male teachers.They are about as rare as students without cell phones.
It's troubling that school districts nationwide still face an acute shortage of black male teachers, and Escambia County is no exception.
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Dr. Asa G. Hilliard III is the Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Urban Education at Georgia State University, with joint appointments in the Department of Educational Policy Studies and the Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education. A teacher, psychologist, and historian, he began his career in the Denver Public Schools. He earned a B.A. in Educational Psychology, M.A. in Counseling, and Ed.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Denver, where he also taught in the College of Education and in the Philosophy colloquium of the Centennial Scholars Honors Program.
