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What 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 […]
Read MoreWorking Forum 2007 – Men in Early Care and Education (MECE)
We have come such a long way in the two years since the Men in the Lives of Young Children session generated “a great deal of interest” among delegates to the 2005 World Forum Montreal. When an early attempt to assemble a WF MECE in 2006 fell through, representatives of the World Forum Foundation, MenTeach.org, […]
Read MoreTeacher of Year educates as he entertains his class
To his students, Michael B. Flynn is a one-man carnival who uses funny voices and camcorders to bring life to spelling and subtraction. To his peers, he is a blazing young teacher with a zeal for reforming the way educators teach math. These two sides, colleagues say, propelled the 32-year-old teacher at Norris Elementary School […]
Read MoreIt’s About Channeling the Right Role Models
In his new office on the second floor of Zankel Hall, the people who have influenced Jon Drescher are present in talismanic form. The name plate from his father’s office door. A pair of tap dancing shoes that belonged to the entertainer Savion Glover, who was a student of Drescher’s when he was principal of […]
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