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Editorial: My father was a teacher
For a little over a decade, my life has been dedicated to the growth and success of students of all ages – university students, high/middle school students, and for the last eight years, elementary students. Through my adolescent and young adulthood years I had to grapple with the dreaded question from family, friends, and respected […]
Read MoreWill More Black Male Teachers Help Black Boys Better Succeed In School?
Educator Christopher Emdin has unhappy memories of being a young black student taught by a black male teacher who didn’t see value in him as a person. Now, he sees his experiences persists among students he’s interviewed and worked with. An associate professor at Teachers College Columbia University, Emdin’s ideas and experiences differ from a […]
Read MoreVideo: Male Teachers in Mississippi
Across the country, teaching is considered an overwhelmingly female profession. According to menteach.org in the Mississippi School Systems, grades k-12, only seventeen percent of teachers are made up of males. The marines may be looking for a few good men but Mississippi School Systems are in the same position. For many students in grade school […]
Read MoreRecent college graduate returns to classroom: Town welcomes fourth-grade teacher
From college football player and aspiring coach to fourth-grade teacher. That’s how Adam Langan ended up in Nisswa. “I kind of lost interest in football the second year I was playing and really gained more interest in teaching,” Langan said. “(I) realized that teaching was really what I wanted to do.” A 2016 graduate of […]
Read MoreNZ Police heads towards gender balance while the Ministry of Education holds on to sex-role stereotypes for early childhood educ
New Zealand Police attempts to recruit more women have been successful and rewarded. In 2012 just 24 per cent of new police recruits across the country were women, but last year that number jumped to nearly 36 per cent thanks to new programmes targeted specifically at females. For police to have the trust and confidence […]
Read MoreMenTeach E-News – August 2016
MenTeach E-News August 2016 1) Crisis in primary schools as almost a MILLION children don’t have a male teacher 2) The Impact of a Black Male Teacher: The Day Harrison Died 3) Men in early childcare: ‘We’ve seen nothing but a positive impact’ 4) Northern California Men in Child Care Conference 5) Report from Germany […]
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