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Professionalism in Education: A Perspective from a Male Student Teacher
If you ask every teacher and staff member in an elementary school to give their definition of professionalism, chances are, every definition will be different. Many responses hit on some similarities to the definition, but in all reality the word holds a different meaning for everybody. So, how do you know if you are showing […]
Read MoreEducate ME Foundation working to grow the number of Black teachers for Black students across the country
The axiom, “Those who cannot do, teach,” missed the point, as far as Blake Nathan is concerned. In fact, Nathan created the Educate ME Foundation on a wholly opposite premise: To mentor and encourage African-American students, high school and college, to pursue careers in education, especially as teachers—and to help existing Black teachers find new […]
Read MoreEducators’ Summit Highlights Need For More Virginia Teachers of Color
Nearly one-half of students attending Virginia public schools are minorities, but fewer than one in five teachers is. That stark statistic motivated policymakers, K-12 and higher education experts, students from HBCUs, and others to gather for the first-ever Teachers of Color Summit organized by the Virginia Education Association. The conference featured promising programs and panels […]
Read MoreJapan: Should male nursery teachers change girls’ clothes, diapers?
A plan by the Chiba municipal government to promote the utilization of male nursery teachers has sparked intense debate on the internet about the involvement of male childcare workers in changing the clothes and diapers of infant girls. Chiba Mayor Toshihito Kumagai’s tweet saying “Requests from girls’ parents not to have male teachers involved in […]
Read MoreA-plus for effort! This cool teacher has an energetic personalized handshake for every pupil
A US primary school teacher has staked a claim at being the coolest in the world after memorising elaborate hi-five routines with each of his pupils. Barry White Jr, an English teacher at Ashley Park Elementary School in North Carolina, has created unique handshake routines for his student and performs them every morning as they […]
Read MoreMetro State U, Osseo make a deal to help diversify Minnesota’s teacher corps
In a system as big, complex and resistant to change as that by which we educate children, efforts to innovate deserve notice. They matter in a state that fails to educate all its children and one struggling to add diversity to its teaching corps. With hometown pride, we make note of new work at Metropolitan […]
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