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‘From Oprah to Ellen’: Call Me MISTER celebrates 20 years of fostering Black male teachers
In April 2001, former Clemson University and NFL football player Jeff Davis sat on a soundstage in Chicago across from talk show host Oprah Winfrey. Davis was on Winfrey’s widely popular daytime talk show to receive the “Use Your LIfe” award for his involvement in the Call Me Mister program, an initiative aimed at increasing […]
Read MoreTeaching, Preaching: DeKalb Educator Raps For Student Enrichment
The 21st Maurice McDavid raps to teach and connect with his students. McDavid is an Assistant Principal at Cortland Elementary School near DeKalb. McDavid says writing has always been a way for him to express himself, and that he’s been rapping for as long as he can remember. He says he creates raps for his […]
Read MoreIndiana Early education could soon be facing a major teacher shortfall
To combat that, two local nonprofits — Early Learning Indiana and the Educate Me foundation — are partnering to get more minority men in classrooms in Indianapolis. The organizations are offering fellowships to make it happen. Application are being accepted. It’s a pilot program but the minority men selected will be put through training before […]
Read MoreDoes the childcare field have gender discrimination?
Upon walking into a childcare facility, the majority of the teachers employed will be female. The ratio of men working in a childcare program compared to females is heavily skewed. Wright State University student Jacob Shaw has worked with children for most of his life. He currently holds a position at a local childcare center […]
Read MoreHistory: The Teacher Corps (1966)
[MenTeach: In a recent article in March 2020 “[Warren] Farrell has also recommended to the White House a Male Teacher Corps — giving scholarships to men to become elementary school teachers in exchange for serving at least two years as one. He found that children most in jeopardy go from mom-only homes to female teachers […]
Read MoreSummit for male students of color discusses the difficulties they face in going to college — and finishing
Education professor J. Luke Wood has spent years researching and talking about the challenges male students of color have in pursuing and attaining a college diploma — family income, social stigmas, complicated experiences in elementary and high school. On Wednesday, he shared what he’s learned with about 80 students from 10 area community colleges gathered […]
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