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Where the boys aren’t
Some of my best friends are men. More importantly, some of my best teacher friends–sounding boards, inspirations and educational soul mates–are men. But men are a diminishing force in teaching, a distinct cause for alarm when you consider that half the pool of prospective teachers is men. Newsweek and CBS took up the cause of gender balance in teaching […]
Read MoreMale Teacher Shortage Hits Home
Public school students need many resources to receive the best quality education: clean, safe schools, updated classroom materials, but perhaps most importantly, students need caring, well-educated teachers to serve as positive role models. Educators say they’re concerned those role models may be in short supply as fewer men choose to become teachers. According to the […]
Read MoreThe Status of Men
A Special “New Hampshire Commission on the Status of Men” was appointed to conduct a study on the subject. The New Hamphshire official website http://www.nh.gov published the study on status of men (in following link), which can be considered to be applicable to men in western world and also men in fast growing economies. http://www.nh.gov/csm/downloads/nh_status_of_men_2005.pdf […]
Read MoreK-12 Improvement Center of United Negro College Fund Education Summit
While a college education is vital to achieve great lengths in the workplace and in life, the quality of time spent in the classroom years before determines whether a person will excel in higher education. This school of thought was deeply expressed during the second annual United Negro College Fund Education Summit: Transforming K-12 Education- […]
Read MoreMale elementary-education majors say they are needed minority
When the students that Kingsley Bennett tutors found out he was going to intern at their school, Eagle’s Nest Elementary in southwest Orlando, they were so excited that there were high-fives all around. Bennett is a senior elementary-education major in UCF’s College of Education. “In elementary school, where children learn the basics, there are few […]
Read MoreMore women in politics, more men in child care
Workforce Participation Minister Sharman Stone says more than half of Federal politicians should be women. And she says more men should be working in child care. In the second National Press Club debate of the election campaign, two prominent female politicians went head-to-head today on women’s issues. Opposition women’s spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek has taken on […]
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