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We need more black male teachers like me
Mario Shaw is a 7th grade teacher at Charlotte’s Ranson Middle School and a Teach for America product. With the 60th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling this Saturday, Shaw wanted to reflect on where things stand today on inequalities in public education. Perhaps his most important point: Black males make […]
Read MoreMenTeach E-News – April 2014
MenTeach E-News April 2014 1) Get Paid: Need photographs of men teaching 2) Grants seek black males to teach in elementary schools 3) Where Are All The Male Teachers [Infographic] 4) Men in Early Childhood Education at the World Forum 2014 in Puerto Rico 5) Deputy Prime Minister’s wife hails ‘cojones’ of men who do […]
Read MoreMoms’ stories: Where are the men in Irish childcare?
Although we are very happy with Little Man’s crèche, one thing that Charlie and I really feel it is lacking is a male presence. For 8-10 hours a day on the days he is in childcare, Little Man is in a solely female environment. There are no male childcare workers there. And this is not […]
Read MoreSteady hand, big heart
Keith May’s first big lesson as a first-grade teacher came during a Pendleton Round-Up in the 1980s, when he took his class to watch slack on his very first field trip. “We’re sitting in the south grandstand, somebody ropes a calf, the calf falls, it breaks a leg and the leg is flopping all over. The kids […]
Read MoreAppreciating men in early childhood – special session given in Malaysian convention
We are organising a special convention of early childhood educators in May 31, 2014 at the Selangor State Building Auditorium, Malaysia. We will gather more than one thousand people in the industry including Childcare and kindergarten operators, college/ university students taking early childhood education, teachers and childcare providers, parents plus interested individuals. What we are […]
Read MoreMen in early child care Radio Interview in Australia
Look around at your local child care centre and see if there are many men. Most likely there will be none, perhaps if you’re lucky one or two. Should there be more men looking after our young children? And if there should be more, why aren’t there? Craig d’Arcy Listen to the Interview
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