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Free 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.’ […]
Read MoreThe Innovators – Men in Child Care Conference in Scotland
A groundbreaking International Conference hosted by two of the World’s most innovative projects. If we can create confidence in a child at an early age, if we can make childcare more adventurous, outgoing and jointly enjoyable, if we can provide a positive male role model, will this help in creating a more positive teenager/adult with […]
Read MoreAre you an alien? Experiences of a male Primary School teacher
[MenTeach: We search out male teachers blog posts and like to give MenTeach readers an opportunity to read them.] Like an offer for the Greek Gods, one child brought me a dead bird in the playground. It was at the very least in keeping with the theme of ‘Olympic day’ and I adopted a discus […]
Read MoreFalse abuse accusations against teachers
Teachers across Canada are having their reputations ruined as increasing numbers get falsely accused of abusing their students, or acting inappropriately with them, experts say. “We are getting more and more ‘teacher-talk’ evidence and teacher narratives that clearly indicate that false accusations are on the rise,” Jon Bradley, associate professor of education at McGill University, […]
Read MoreParents say, ‘I want Mr. Wells because I want a man.’
Most elementary schools in Clark and Champaign counties have only a handful of male teachers on staff, but men can be valuable in the classroom as role models for children, according to experts. About 8 percent of elementary school teachers in the area are male, according to a Springfield News-Sun analysis of Ohio Department of […]
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