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Men Can Make Great Elementary School Teachers Too

Most of us would agree that our elementary school years were led and taught by an almost exclusively female faculty. Although there is nothing wrong with an all-woman teaching staff, it does beg the question—where are the male elementary school teachers? Due to social stigmas, generations of being taught solely by women at younger ages, […]

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Editorial – Thursday’s Table: A Heartfelt Opportunity

My name is Caleb Schulz and I am currently an Early Childhood Education Major at UW-Stout. I chose this major to potentially make a difference in young lives and inspire future generations. I have been involved in the Men in Education group since my freshman year and have grown closer to my classmates doing so. […]

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University of Arkansas – Pine Bluff aids teacher recruitment

Eight high school students — all male — will start taking teacher-preparation courses at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff this month in an effort to raise the racial and ethnic diversity of teachers nationwide. The teens are a part of Project Pipeline Repair, a three-year initiative funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and administered […]

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Australian childcare worker changing attitudes about male educators

Blake Stewart is slowly starting to shift perceptions about men working in childcare. In the process the 24-year-old has become a positive role model for many children from St Luke’s Preschool in Dapto. But it hasn’t been easy for Mr Stewart, who received a bit of backlash from parents and other workers at the start […]

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What it’s like to be one of the few black teachers in Wales

Four decades after getting its first black head teacher Wales is now thought to have none. And across the country just 59 of our 36,182 teachers are black. Figures from the Education Workforce Council show none of Wales’ 1,458 head teachers identify as black and just five are Asian, British Asian, or mixed race. A […]

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MenTeach E-News – December 2017

MenTeach E-News December 2017 1) ‘Young Black Men [Should] See Black Men in Front of Them’ — This Detroit Teacher 2) Why we need more men to become primary teachers in the United Kingdom 3) Being a male teacher was my dream – until I was falsely accused 4) Male teacher shortage leaving Australian boys […]

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