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Half of Gloucestershire primary schools have no male teachers
Half of all primary schools in Gloucestershire have no male teachers.New analysis of school workforce figures has revealed that 52 primary schools in Gloucestershire have an all-female teaching staff.
Excluding schools where the gender split of teachers is not available, that works out as 50 per cent of all primaries in our area.
Nursery Management: International - Men of the world
Achieving real gender balance in the early years continues to flummox countries across the world. On average in OECD countries, just 3.2 per cent of pre-primary teachers are male, with the rate lower than 1 per cent in most of Eastern Europe, Israel and Portugal.History: The Teacher Corps (1966)
[MenTeach: In a recent article in March 2020 "[Warren] Farrell has also recommended to the White House a Male Teacher Corps — giving scholarships to men to become elementary school teachers in exchange for serving at least two years as one. He found that children most in jeopardy go from mom-only homes to female teachers in elementary school or nursery school. An astounding 95% of elementary school teachers are women. Boys who don’t have male role models that are constructive are vulnerable to male role models who are destructive — like gang leaders and drug dealers.
Why Men of Color Like Me Are Leaving the Classroom
I had never taught Tatiana before. Yet, after a Latinx student meeting in Oakland, the 12th grader unexpectedly embraced me, sobbing: “You’re the first Mexican teacher I’ve seen at this school; I just wanted to say thank you.”Translation: I’ve never seen someone like you in a position of academic importance.
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Man that loved teaching young children
He was a peace activist, avid recycler, hiker, proud grandfather, deli food loved, founder of a shelter for homeless, war tax resister, Jewish Unitarian, and an early educator.
Like so many men who teach young children, he had many interests but as a former co-teacher of his said, "His real love was for the children he worked with."
Like so many men who teach young children, he had many interests but as a former co-teacher of his said, "His real love was for the children he worked with."
