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This teacher is no ordinary Joe
Rafe Esquith’s classroom is dingy and cluttered, but it hardly matters. Within seconds inside it, it becomes clear why Esquith has been anointed as one of those magical teachers who propels his poor, immigrant students to impossible heights. In less than an hour on a recent Tuesday, his fifth-graders, many of whom speak with traces […]
Read MoreWhere’s the man?
For Jayson Curtis, family is the reason to teach. “I’ve had jobs in the past where I’ve worked 12-hour days,” says the elementary education major at Utah State University. “I just missed so many birthday parties and things. … I wanted to watch my daughter grow up.” But family – combined with a handful of […]
Read MoreDoes the teacher’s gender affect students’ grades?
Would your son do better in school with a male teacher? What about your daughter with a female teacher? A new study suggests that gender may be the key to ensuring your child’s success in school, which in turn may be the answer to the academic troubles that many boys have. “Overall, two-thirds of the […]
Read MoreA shortage of male teachers takes its toll
The National Education Association found that the number of male public school teachers is at a 40-year low. Lenny Connors shakes his rear in time to music in front of 20 second-graders as a boombox screams the Macarena. The 21-year educator tries to teach the rhythmically challenged students the moves of a song only heard […]
Read MoreMale elementary teachers needed
Tricia Urich watched with amazement a recent Christmas party in her son’s classroom. Urich, 46, of Ross, said her son, Tommy, 10, and his fourth-grade classmates at Perrysville Elementary in the North Hills School District were tossing a little ball, laughing and talking. But when it was time to get back to business, teacher Brett […]
Read MoreEx-teacher settles for $131,500 after sex-case acquittal
The Pinellas School Board agreed Tuesday to pay $131,500 to a former elementary school teacher who successfully defended himself on charges that he sexually abused two second-graders. The board will pay Mark C. Fronczak a portion of the legal fees he incurred in his 2005 criminal trial, where he faced charges of capital sexual battery […]
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