2011
MenTeach E-News – August 2011
1) Life is Good: Playmakers in Haiti 2) Singapore: More men entering early education 3) Read some Men’s Stories: Gene Brugger, Teacher a St. Rita School for the Deaf 4) Male teachers wary of hugging students 5) Thank you for my male teacher 6) Daddy Daycare Planned in New Zealand 7) The Need for More […]
Read MoreContinuing to go after his dream at 50 years old
Dear Mr. Nelson, You may or may not remember me, but I graduated this past May from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Elementary Education. At one point during college I did a research paper on the shortage of male teachers and I sent you a series of interview questions that was part […]
Read MoreKansas Ranks #1 (with 33.1%) For Most Male Teachers
[MenTeach: In 2010, K-12 schools in the United States average about 24% male staff in classrooms. If you want to see where your state ranks download this PDF file2011NEArankings (1) that comes from the National Education Association (NEA)] Kansas tops a national education list, earned not by what was done in the classroom but by who is in the classroom. […]
Read MoreThe Need for More Men to Be Interested in Child Care Policy
Today at the New America Foundation in Washington we held an event on child care policy in the context of the President’s recent Race to the Top challenge grant. 170 people RSVPed for the event. 141 watched on the internet. 119 attended in person. However, counting myself, there were only 6 men at the event. […]
Read MoreDaddy Daycare Planned in New Zealand
We could be seeing dads working as educators and more kids benefiting from contact with men if Dean Severinsen has his way. Less than 2% of staff employed at childcare and kindergarten centres are men, and men are even scarcer in licensed home-based ECE. Many children in NZ spend little or no time in the […]
Read MoreThank you for my male teacher
I’m sure that many people can talk about one of those special teachers. Our son had just such a teacher, and his name was Michael Moores at Yuba City High School. Well, the school I attended was Arboga grammar school. I had reached the seventh grade and there were three of us who felt rather […]
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