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Would you hire a male nanny?
They can cook dinner. They can give hugs. And they can play baseball. Who says men can’t be nannies? Kris Pohl is the first man to make it to the finals of England’s Professional Nanny of the Year competition. Wearing jeans and a shaggy hairdo, 48-year-old, American-born Pohl doesn’t look like Mary Poppins but the […]
Read More$38,000 for Troops to Teachers
Troops to Teachers is a program to help men and women become teachers.For many eligible participants, the Post-9/11 GI Bill is a better solution than other education benefit programs, such as the Montgomery GI Bill – Active Duty, Montgomery GI Bill – Selected Reserve and the Reserve Education Assistance Program (REAP). However, this decision depends […]
Read MoreMore films about male teachers
“Goodnight Mister Tom” is a ‘masterpiece theatre’ production originally aired, I believe, on public television (circa 2005). Based on Michelle Margorian’s novel (winner of the 1982 IRA Children’s Book Award), by the same name, this story centers on a somewhat bedraggled, single, and sour-aged man. Living quietly and at war (privately and ironically) with the […]
Read MoreChildcare ‘not just for women’
As new research suggests parents want more men to work in nurseries, one man who runs a pre-school explains what it is like working in a profession dominated by women. When Duncan Wise first went into childcare nearly 12 years ago, he came across some negative attitudes from parents. “Being a male in a female […]
Read MoreLack of minority teachers troubling
As the new principal at Jackson Arts and Technology Academy this school year, Septembra Williams sees the imbalance of minority teachers to minority students at her school. At the charter school of about 140 students, 64 percent of the student body — 90 students — are of color, according to the Michigan Department of Education’s […]
Read MoreMen teaching in Vietnam
People are often surprised when Le Minh Hien tells them what he does for a living. Hien, 35, has been working at the city’s District 3 Kindergarten for 10 years. He is one of only a handful of male kindergarten teachers in the country. According to statistics from the municipal Department of Education and Training, […]
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