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Can an employer require that only female staff change diapers?
Dianna Johnston – Assistant Legal Counsel – U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission One of our readers provided the the link to the letter below offering a legal opinion about whether females can be the only staff that change diapers: This is in response to your letter to Chair Dominguez dated January 15, 2002 in which […]
Read MoreThe Male Teacher and Reading Achievement of First-Grade Boys and Girls.
This is a study from 1972. Using instruments which measured reading readiness, intelligence, reading achievement, and school attitudes, data was gathered to evaluate the hypothesis that the reading achievement of first grade boys taught by a male teacher would be significantly higher than those taught by a female teacher and, conversely, that the reading achievement […]
Read MoreMore women teaching young children throughout the world
According to statistics published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) the feminization of the early years in education appears to be a worldwide trend. Based on 2003 statistics published in Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2005 (Paris: OECD, 2005; ISBN 9264011919; www.oecd.org), the percentage of female teachers in different grade levels in 25 OECD […]
Read MoreWhat is considered masculine has changed over time
I had the fortune of reading a paper titled Asking the Right Questions about Baltimore’s African-American Underclass Men and Boys by Jack Kammer, a graduate student at the University of Maryland. There are many interesting discussions and recommendations. One major recommendation is to have more men teachers. Another very interesting section of his paper was about how […]
Read MoreMale teachers find themselves outnumbered but not out of place in area school systems
The green rubber ball with 50 flimsy tentacles is tossed between the half-dozen students. Everyone is silent except the 6-foot 7-inch giant towering over them. It’s called silent ball. Their teacher is known for it, and for turning “hell raisers” around. Getting their grades up. Improving their academic focus. He’s like a father — or […]
Read MoreEditorial: A Creative Student Report About Male Teachers
One of the great things about having this website is meeting all the interesting men and women throughout the world. And often, I hear from students who are doing a paper, presentation or report for a university class. Recently, one student, Peter O’Reilly at Dominican University of California, posted a question in the MenTeach Forum and also ordered […]
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