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Increasing diversity in teaching is the aim of university in Washington

The racial diversity of teachers in six school districts in South King County is low relative to the racial makeup of the districts’ students, according to data from Washington’s Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. October 2015 figures from the Auburn, Kent, Federal Way, Highline, Renton and Tukwila districts reveal that students of color make […]

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Plans in place to attract more men to the classroom in Australia

A targeted and specific recruitment drive is needed to attract more men into the nation’s classrooms to arrest a male teacher drought, a new report finds. The first study of its kind to ask serving teachers why they chose the profession reveals the main driving factor for all teachers is the intrinsic value of teaching, […]

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Male nurses? Female firefighters? Yes, as career boundaries erode.

Men and women tend to choose different career paths, and researchers have identified this as the biggest reason men make more money. So if men and women were equally represented across all occupations, would it close that gender pay gap? Teaching is just one example of an occupation segregated along gender lines. Growing up in […]

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In D.C., Bringing Male Teachers Of Color To The Preschool Classroom

When kids go back to school after the summer break, the chances of them having a male preschool teacher are pretty slim — just 2 percent of early education teachers nationally are male. And the probability of having a male teacher of color is even lower. In Washington, D.C., public schools, they’re trying to change […]

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MenTeach E-News – June 2017

MenTeach E-News June 2016 1) Black men teachers inspiring hope 2) Male Teacher Initiative – Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s teachers 3) Here’s what male teachers of color want their districts to know about them 4) Go Teach, Young Man: Tweaking Risk and Reward to Recruit Male Teachers 5) Alberta, Canada facing shortage of male teachers in […]

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How to Become a Teacher in Lots of Steps

Training for the profession of teaching, even in 1971, was not the easiest major to enter at Michigan State. When I transferred from Central Michigan as a junior, I was headed into secondary education, as I mentioned in my initial blog entry. After the first term, I decided to switch my major to elementary after […]

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