BG
Nelson College head wants to train male teachers
Nelson College headmaster Gary O’Shea is so concerned about the lack of quality male teachers he is looking at establishing an in-school teacher training college. He says it’s getting harder to find good male teachers because the profession is becoming so “feminised”. His idea, which is yet to go before the board of trustees, would […]
Read MoreDoes the teacher’s gender affect students’ grades?
Would your son do better in school with a male teacher? What about your daughter with a female teacher? A new study suggests that gender may be the key to ensuring your child’s success in school, which in turn may be the answer to the academic troubles that many boys have. “Overall, two-thirds of the […]
Read MoreA shortage of male teachers takes its toll
The National Education Association found that the number of male public school teachers is at a 40-year low. Lenny Connors shakes his rear in time to music in front of 20 second-graders as a boombox screams the Macarena. The 21-year educator tries to teach the rhythmically challenged students the moves of a song only heard […]
Read MoreMale Teaching Ranks Dwindling: Survey
A survey found that eight out of ten Seoul-based elementary school teachers are women. It also reported that some elementary schools have no male teacher. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education said yesterday that the number of female teachers stood at 22,414 or 82.3 percent out of 27,219 elementary school teachers last year. By school, […]
Read MoreMale elementary teachers needed
Tricia Urich watched with amazement a recent Christmas party in her son’s classroom. Urich, 46, of Ross, said her son, Tommy, 10, and his fourth-grade classmates at Perrysville Elementary in the North Hills School District were tossing a little ball, laughing and talking. But when it was time to get back to business, teacher Brett […]
Read MoreEx-teacher settles for $131,500 after sex-case acquittal
The Pinellas School Board agreed Tuesday to pay $131,500 to a former elementary school teacher who successfully defended himself on charges that he sexually abused two second-graders. The board will pay Mark C. Fronczak a portion of the legal fees he incurred in his 2005 criminal trial, where he faced charges of capital sexual battery […]
Read More