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The Need for More Men to Be Interested in Child Care Policy
Today at the New America Foundation in Washington we held an event on child care policy in the context of the President’s recent Race to the Top challenge grant. 170 people RSVPed for the event. 141 watched on the internet. 119 attended in person. However, counting myself, there were only 6 men at the event. […]
Read MoreDaddy Daycare Planned in New Zealand
We could be seeing dads working as educators and more kids benefiting from contact with men if Dean Severinsen has his way. Less than 2% of staff employed at childcare and kindergarten centres are men, and men are even scarcer in licensed home-based ECE. Many children in NZ spend little or no time in the […]
Read MoreThank you for my male teacher
I’m sure that many people can talk about one of those special teachers. Our son had just such a teacher, and his name was Michael Moores at Yuba City High School. Well, the school I attended was Arboga grammar school. I had reached the seventh grade and there were three of us who felt rather […]
Read MoreMale teachers wary of hugging students
Kindergarten teacher Paul Ferreter knows he is putting his credential on the line each time he opens his arms to hug one of his students. While more and more teachers, especially male educators, are putting up barriers to protect themselves from false allegations, Ferreter said he can’t bring himself to forgo hugs. But his hugs […]
Read MoreSingapore: More men entering early education
In the woman-dominated industry of pre-school educators, Mr Patrick Magno – who teaches at Kinderland – is a rarity. But the situation is gradually changing, according to pre-school operators. NTUC First Campus, which operates more than 90 childcare centres in Singapore, now has seven male pre-school teachers. Three years ago, it had none. According to […]
Read More98% Parents welcome men into childcare
Almost all parents would be happy for their children to be looked after by male nursery workers, new research shows. There has been a “sea change” in attitudes since a survey six years ago found that only 55 per cent of parents accepted the idea of men working with their children. The latest study, carried […]
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