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Classroom Distinctions - One man's classroom experience

By Tom Moore - New York Times
MenTeach: This opinion piece appeared in the New York Times.

Tom Moore, a 10th-grade history teacher at a public school in the Bronx, is writing a book about his teaching experiences.
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Nelson College head wants to train male teachers

By Daniel Nielson - The Nelson Mail - New Zealand
Nelson College headmaster Gary O'Shea is so concerned about the lack of quality male teachers he is looking at establishing an in-school teacher training college.

He says it's getting harder to find good male teachers because the profession is becoming so "feminised".

His idea, which is yet to go before the board of trustees, would involve taking on just a few university graduates each year to train from scratch as teachers. All the training would be done on site.
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Does the teacher's gender affect students' grades?

ABC News - Chicago
Would your son do better in school with a male teacher? What about your daughter with a female teacher?

A new study suggests that gender may be the key to ensuring your child's success in school, which in turn may be the answer to the academic troubles that many boys have.

"Overall, two-thirds of the D's and F's in American schools are received by the boys. We've got a drop-out rate that's increasing," explains Michael Gurian, author and family therapist.
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A shortage of male teachers takes its toll

By Christina DeNardo - The Palm Beach Post, Florida USA

The National Education Association found that the number of male public school teachers is at a 40-year low.


Lenny Connors shakes his rear in time to music in front of 20 second-graders as a boombox screams the Macarena.

The 21-year educator tries to teach the rhythmically challenged students the moves of a song only heard today at weddings and bar mitzvahs.

''Shake your booty,'' he tells them.

''Hey Macarena!'' they shout.
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Male Teaching Ranks Dwindling: Survey

Donga.com - Seoul, South Korea
A survey found that eight out of ten Seoul-based elementary school teachers are women. It also reported that some elementary schools have no male teacher.

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education said yesterday that the number of female teachers stood at 22,414 or 82.3 percent out of 27,219 elementary school teachers last year.
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