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Scholarship for males entering elementary education
Emporia State University offers a scholarship for males who are going into elementary education. According to Tes Mehring, Dean of the Teachers’ College, the school is in the top five for teacher programs in the nation.Go to the school’s website.
Read MoreMale teacher shortage bigger than pay
Scott Schoenfeld is part of a dying breed. Mr. Schoenfeld, as his students call him, is one of few men who are teaching young children. For some, low pay is reason enough to stay away from becoming a teacher, but men have another reason. Former and future elementary school teachers say there is a stigma […]
Read MoreMenTeach E-News – January 2008
1) How to protect your school from sexual harassment cases 2) Research on gender bias during student teaching experiences 3) Call for Proposals for the Working Forum Men In Early Childhood Education 4) Male elementary-education majors say they are needed minority 5) Join us to discuss Men and Boys in ECE. 6) Some Free Tuition […]
Read MoreJoin us to discuss Men and Boys in ECE.
The Schott Foundation continues to broaden its work (in addition to providing a one million dollar grant) at recruiting more men to teaching and sponsors a fellowship in Massachusetts. Kitt Cox, who posts regularly to MenTeach, has been championing the importance of men teachers and was the first to hold a fellowship with a focus on men […]
Read MoreBoys are expelled 4.5 more than girls from prekindergarten
The challenges that boys face in school can be traced back as early as prekindergarten. A 2005 Yale University report showed that nationally, boys are 4.5 times more likely than girls to be expelled from prekindergarten programs. Also noteworthy in this study is the observation that “The increased likelihood of boys to be expelled over […]
Read MoreMore African-American Male Teachers Needed
When Chad Clay first came to Claflin University, he knew one day he would be at the head of the class thanks to his first African-American male teacher back in the 7th grade. Chad said, “When we were having issues he would always take us to the side and talk to us like he was […]
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