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Black male teachers on rise
Young black males have a better chance of being taught by someone who looks like them now that the first two graduates of the College of Charleston’s Call Me MISTER program are teaching in area schools. And more are in training. Call Me MISTER is increasing the number of black male teachers in South Carolina […]
Read MoreTeacher banned for letting pupils hug him
Following complaints from colleagues, he was told that he had “failed to maintain physical boundaries with female pupils”. Although there was no suggestion of any sexual motive, he was dismissed from the school where he had worked for eight years. Parents campaigned to overturn the decision, saying he was an excellent teacher who had been […]
Read MoreMy short career as a first-grade teacher
Having retired after three sparkling decades as a public high school teacher in Washington state, I decided to apply for a license as a substitute teacher during a two-month visit to Lakeside. On Nov. 9, 1981, feeling a little shaky and insecure, I reported to the principal of Lakeside Elementary for my first assignment. Soon […]
Read MorePreparing Black Scholars for Leadership Roles in Education Can Be Key to Closing Academic Achievement Gaps
Representing about 2 percent of students awarded a Ph.D. in the U.S. in recent years, Black men have been missing in action as scholars and thought leaders in decision-making positions of many professions. As communities work to solve problems of systematic inequality, their perspectives are sorely needed in scholarship that aims to advance conversations on […]
Read MoreWhy childcare needs more men
Only two per cent of early years childcare workers are male. Lisa Salmon talks to the Fatherhood Institute about their drive to get more men into the industry Most men would love to be “a hero every day”. That’s the way working as a male childcarer has been described by men themselves, but there are […]
Read MoreEastern Kentucky University Academic Leadership Academy seeks to attract more males into teaching
A group of Kentucky’s future teachers recently spent a week expanding their minds on Eastern Kentucky University’s campus. The 16 middle school students were part of The Camp TRREE Academic Leadership Academy hosted by the University’s College of Education and funded by the Kentucky Department of Education. Most of the students who attended June 8-13 […]
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