2010
Literacy project offers scholarship money to put men in classrooms
First-grade students’ reading skills would improve and high-poverty schools would employ more minority teachers with graduate degrees if a new partnership between the Charleston County School District and the College of Charleston works out the way officials say it will. The Literacy Intern Project is the latest in the school district’s efforts to focus on […]
Read MoreNumber of Black Male Teachers Belies Their Influence
Tynita Johnson had attended predominantly black schools in Prince George’s County for 10 years when she walked into Will Thomas’s AP government class last August and found something she had never seen. “I was kind of shocked,” said Tynita, 15, of Upper Marlboro. “I have never had a black male teacher before, except for P.E.” […]
Read MoreSurvey of male early childhood and elementary teachers (PK-5)
The attached is a letter distributed to numerous school districts in the nation (United States). We would like your help in getting the survey out to more men in teaching. I am enclosing a short survey and introduction letter for our study of male early and elementary school teachers. If you have previously taught those levels or […]
Read MoreMale teacher makes a difference in West Indies
With the absence of men in most households in Jamaica, Kayson Jones said a male teacher was very important in his mentoring process. “I find that the children (boys) are excited to have a male role model, someone they can talk to, someone who look like them, someone who smell like them,” said the educator. […]
Read MoreNew Teachers Edged Out Of Job Market
As school teachers prepare to return to the classroom, many with new teaching degrees are having a hard time finding jobs. Andy Middlen graduated from Augustana College in May and now helps with the Sioux Falls School District’s Kids Inc. summer program. It’s a temporary fix for a problem that has no easy solution. “My […]
Read MoreMenTeach – E-News – April 2010
MenTeach E-News April 2010 1) Schools Employ Bouncers Instead of Teachers 2) Number of male primary school teachers rising 3) Real men teach kids 4) Male elementary teacher candidates: Initial career choice 5) MenTeach – New England (Men in Education Network) honors teacher 6) Fatherless boys have significantly higher feelings of self worth with male […]
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