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MenTeach E-News – September 2015
MenTeach E-News September 2015 1) Career-changers becoming science teachers at Clarke’s Cedar Shoals High School 2) Air Force veterans transition to new careers as teachers 3) Young male teachers buck long-time trend 4) The Percentage of Black Teachers Declined in Nine U.S. Cities. That’s a Big Problem. 5) 2015 Conference in Norway: Boys and Girls […]
Read MoreNonprofit Works to Improve Teacher Diversity
A Charlottesville-based nonprofit is working to increase the diversity of teachers in Albemarle County and Charlottesville public schools. According to the African American Teaching Fellows (AATF) there is only one minority teacher for every 122 students in both the city and county. AATF has so far helped 32 people become teachers during their 10 years as a […]
Read MoreEditorial: The Power of Feedback – Lesson Learned
What is the purpose of feedback? The purpose of feedback is to provide information for someone’s performance to a task. Feedback is extremely useful for a student teacher because it offers insight from a more experienced teacher that can see situations from a different perspective. I am currently a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Stout […]
Read MoreHow one principal is trying to get more black men into the classroom
Educators and policy wonks of many stripes pretty much agree that U.S. classrooms need more minority teachers. But how to make that happen? One Philadelphia principal is trying to do his part by launching a new organization that aims to bring together Philly’s black male educators and provide them with professional support to thrive in […]
Read MoreWhat’s behind the shortage of male teachers?
New research by the Australian Catholic University (ACU) of ABS Labour Force data has revealed that for the last 20 years as few as one in five Australian primary school teachers have been male. The ACU reviewed the country’s most populous states and found that in 2014: 16 per cent of NSW primary school teachers […]
Read MoreThe Percentage of Black Teachers Declined in Nine U.S. Cities. That’s a Big Problem.
A study released Wednesday by the American Federation of Teachers found that, just as American schools are getting more and more segregated, teachers in several major American cities, including the nation’s three largest school districts, are getting progressively less diverse, particularly when it comes to black teachers. Nationwide, the percentage of nonwhite teachers increased from […]
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