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Editorial: Abuse of children
One of the findings of our national study showed that one of the three major reasons why men do not enter or remain as teachers is because of fear of accusation of abuse. We receive e-mails every year from men falsely accused and then ultimately acquitted for the accusation. The fact remains that parents and people close […]
Read MoreProgram Seeks to Recruit and Retain Black Male Teacher
“The sad reality is that a young boy could go through his entire education without ever having a teacher who looks like me.” — Reg Weaver, NEA president of the 2.7 million-strong education organization. Increasingly, education advocates from around the country are pointing to a direct correlation between the egregiously disproportionate prison statistics of Black […]
Read MoreOntario Television panel discussion talking about men teachers
Watch the video panel discussion about men teaching and read the follow-up controversial comments at: Onatrio Televsion.
Read MoreMen in the classroom, teachers and role models
Being a male elementary school teacher sometimes carries with it the added responsibility of being a male role model. “For a lot of kids, I’m the only male they interact with on the daily basis,” said Ken Hamerlinck, first-grade teacher at Sheridan Elementary School, Bloomington. “You owe it to them to be a good role […]
Read MoreComplacency over current shortage of male teachers
Like many boys, my son has gone through his entire primary schooling without having had a male teacher. Does it matter? Do boys need male role models? Would he be a more rounded person, better able to fit into society, if he had the experience of both male and female teachers? Of course it matters. […]
Read MoreMore male teachers not required, says report
Boosting the number of male teachers in school would have little impact on boys’ attitudes towards education or their academic results, a report says today. Only one in eight primary teachers is a man and the figure for nurseries is smaller at one in eleven, but the idea boys would do better if they had […]
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