2012
African-American Males in K-12 Teaching
Pay a visit to almost any elementary school, junior high or high school in the United States today and chances are the last thing you’ll see is an African-American male teacher walking the halls. This isn’t necessarily the result of any inherent form of racism, but rather it is at least partially the result of […]
Read MoreThe latest data about the percentage of male teachers in the United States
This is the 2011 United States Bureau of Labor Statistics data about numbers and percentages of teachers. If you compare the 2011 data with 2010 there are some changes. Check out the data and then go look at the previous years: Data about Teachers. The percentage of men teachers – 2011 2011 BLS Current Population Survey Total Employed Men […]
Read MoreA Career in Education in Arizona
I have worked in education full time now for 33 years. Prior to that while training to be an archaeologist, I often helped out in my wife’s preschool. Also during down times in the field I would go back to work with the little ones. I enjoyed it; they enjoyed it; it was the proverbial […]
Read MoreMale teacher showing students how to become positive role models
He claims there are days he doesn’t feel like working, but when Eric Gomez steps in front of students in a classroom, he lights up. Gomez is focused on helping male students beat the odds of dropping out or joining gangs in the inner city area where Henry Ford Academy is located. To do this […]
Read MoreFree tuition and board to black men to teach in New Orleans
Michael Booker, principal at Lake Area High College Prep in New Orleans, is a rare breed. According to the Department of Education, African-American male teachers and administrators are becoming extinct. Only 2 percent of the nation’s 4.8 million teachers are black men. Bearing that in mind, Booker says he and other African-American male educators have […]
Read MoreMenTeach E-News – April 2012
MenTeach E-News April 2012 1) Policies needed to employ men in ECE 2) Research project: Black male elementary school teachers 3) Black male teachers in the United States 4) Male teachers in Australia 5) Teacher Perceptions of Gender-Based Differences among Elementary School Teachers 6) Parents say, ‘I want Mr. Wells because I want a man.’ […]
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