2017
Japan: Should male nursery teachers change girls’ clothes, diapers?
A plan by the Chiba municipal government to promote the utilization of male nursery teachers has sparked intense debate on the internet about the involvement of male childcare workers in changing the clothes and diapers of infant girls. Chiba Mayor Toshihito Kumagai’s tweet saying “Requests from girls’ parents not to have male teachers involved in […]
Read MoreA-plus for effort! This cool teacher has an energetic personalized handshake for every pupil
A US primary school teacher has staked a claim at being the coolest in the world after memorising elaborate hi-five routines with each of his pupils. Barry White Jr, an English teacher at Ashley Park Elementary School in North Carolina, has created unique handshake routines for his student and performs them every morning as they […]
Read MoreMetro State U, Osseo make a deal to help diversify Minnesota’s teacher corps
In a system as big, complex and resistant to change as that by which we educate children, efforts to innovate deserve notice. They matter in a state that fails to educate all its children and one struggling to add diversity to its teaching corps. With hometown pride, we make note of new work at Metropolitan […]
Read MoreColumn: How I learned my own value as a black male teacher
Article Note: Black males represent roughly 2 percent of all public school teachers in the U.S. While nonwhite educators are being hired at a higher proportional rate than white teachers, they’re also leaving the teaching profession at a higher rate, according to a 2015 report from the Albert Shanker Institute. Ricky House teaches 7th and […]
Read MoreMale recruitment advocates discuss gender gap with students
Advocates that aim to close the gender gap in education met on Friday in the USU to discuss the causes and solutions for the lack of male educators in public schools, who make up a smaller percentage of educators today than they did in 1980. Speakers included Bryan G. Nelson of MenTeach and Dr. Lemuel […]
Read MoreMenTeach E-News – January 2017
MenTeach E-News January 2016 1) How Rochester Schools Grapple With Their Teacher Diversity Gap 2) Switzerland: How do you get more men into primary teaching? 3) How to Become a Teacher in Lots of Steps 4) New Zealand: Women left holding the baby 5) MenTeach.org has had millions of hits 6) Kellogg Foundation Awards CSUN […]
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