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The First Day of “The Great Expectations School”
Each year, millions of teachers and students across the country head into the classroom. Meanwhile, Congress is discussing the reauthorization of the controversial No Child Left Behind legislation. The following excerpt from my new rookie teacher memoir, The Great Expectations School, chronicles my turbulent first day leading a fourth grade class at the Bronx’s P.S. […]
Read MoreAre you concerned about the lack of diversity in education?
I personally believe that children need to see both male and female teachers and most importantly they need to see them working together. The situation on how this situation can be changed is more complex. I have asked this question myself. A university adviser told me that many men try early childhood education but move […]
Read MoreYet Some Schools Have 35% Males
Chris Saltalamacchio had all female teachers at his Long Island, N.Y., elementary school until he reached the fifth grade. “I was kind of freaked out about the idea of having a male teacher,” he remembers. So Saltalamacchio could understand why one of his first-graders at Cecil Manor Elementary School in Elkton, Md., had her mom […]
Read MoreDreams
[MenTeach: An editorial from Rosemary Ruffenach – TCDailyPlanet.com blog included a line from a Langston Hughes poem. Here is the full poem.] Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.
Read MoreMan about the class
As the debate continues regarding the reasons fewer men are entering teaching, a larger question looms: Does it matter? Roger Collier found that while the education experts aren’t so certain, some parents have no doubt that it does. Brown’s troubles are drawing giggles from the 18 students in St. Rita Elementary School’s Grade 2 class. […]
Read MoreWhy don’t more men teach in grade school?
Just 9 percent of all elementary school teachers are men Josh Fauser is a whiz at getting a double-knotted shoelace untied. And by lowering his voice an octave, he easily commands the attention of even the most rambunctious crowd. The skills make him popular at Hillcrest Elementary School in Antioch. But despite his status, Fauser, […]
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