2016
Video: Male Teachers in Mississippi
Across the country, teaching is considered an overwhelmingly female profession. According to menteach.org in the Mississippi School Systems, grades k-12, only seventeen percent of teachers are made up of males. The marines may be looking for a few good men but Mississippi School Systems are in the same position. For many students in grade school […]
Read MoreRecent college graduate returns to classroom: Town welcomes fourth-grade teacher
From college football player and aspiring coach to fourth-grade teacher. That’s how Adam Langan ended up in Nisswa. “I kind of lost interest in football the second year I was playing and really gained more interest in teaching,” Langan said. “(I) realized that teaching was really what I wanted to do.” A 2016 graduate of […]
Read MoreNZ Police heads towards gender balance while the Ministry of Education holds on to sex-role stereotypes for early childhood educ
New Zealand Police attempts to recruit more women have been successful and rewarded. In 2012 just 24 per cent of new police recruits across the country were women, but last year that number jumped to nearly 36 per cent thanks to new programmes targeted specifically at females. For police to have the trust and confidence […]
Read MoreMenTeach E-News – August 2016
MenTeach E-News August 2016 1) Crisis in primary schools as almost a MILLION children don’t have a male teacher 2) The Impact of a Black Male Teacher: The Day Harrison Died 3) Men in early childcare: ‘We’ve seen nothing but a positive impact’ 4) Northern California Men in Child Care Conference 5) Report from Germany […]
Read More‘We could change a life’: Summerville teacher to start male mentoring program
Growing up, Summerville teacher ReZsaun Lewis never felt connected with school. He grew up in a rough North Charleston neighborhood and watched his two brothers suffer from poor decisions. Lewis said he, too, might have ended up in jail like one of them, or on a different life path, had his middle school chorus teacher […]
Read MoreWhy Black Men Quit Teaching
How can we help black boys succeed in school? One popular answer is that we need more black male teachers. The logic appears simple: Black boys are not faring well, and the presence of black men as teachers and role models will fix this problem. The former secretary of education, Arne Duncan, brought this theory […]
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