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Male teachers reach 40-year low
Jonathan Meyers leans against an open doorway five minutes before the bell rings, greeting students with high-fives and hugs. Kids are lively, talkative and sweaty from taking off layers of winter clothing. Meyers is getting ready to teach his third-grade class at Chestnut Ridge Elementary School in Chili. But it’s a career path that few […]
Read MoreMale Teachers in Short Supply – Does it Matter?
In a city where many households are without male role models, children are also facing a lack of male leadership in the classroom, as only one in four district teachers are male.The ratio is even more skewed at the elementary level, with some schools having only one or two male teachers on a staff of […]
Read MoreMale Teachers in Short Supply – Does it Matter?
In a city where many households are without male role models, children are also facing a lack of male leadership in the classroom, as only one in four district teachers are male.The ratio is even more skewed at the elementary level, with some schools having only one or two male teachers on a staff of […]
Read MoreMaking a difference – Male teachers, though scarce, offer unique perspective
If you’re a man majoring in elementary education at Northern State University, you’re not alone – but you’re definitely in the minority. NSU seniors Craig Nelson and Basil Knebel said they each had about two other men in some of their education courses. Knebel, an early childhood education minor, said he was often the only […]
Read MoreOpinion – Where have all the good male teachers gone?
As many of you know from my previous postings, I’m a regular reader of Sam de Brito’s All Men Are Liars blog. In de Brito’s most recent entry, Where are all the male school teachers de Brito broaches a very intriguing subject– is the relative lack of male school teachers adversely affecting society as a whole? Is the lack […]
Read MoreFandel: Students see far fewer men in the classroom
ick just about any grade school and scroll down the staff list on its Web site. I randomly selected Clive Elementary in Windsor Heights, attended by about 400 students, where physical-education teacher Denny Barton is right at the top. But after that, just five of the 48 names are male. One is the principal, one […]
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