Editorials
Why let the facts get in the way of a good story? Women will always be blamed for boys’ underachievement
Society piles up all its ills at their door — and then buggers off on a cheap holiday in term time. And female teachers, it seems, are the devil’s work. A report published by the Higher Education Policy Institute last week came with the grim warning that girls born this year would be 75 per […]
Read MoreA Letter To My Most Influential Teacher
Graduation season is underway across the United States. Tears are shed, tassels are switched, and caps are thrown. Having graduated college myself a few days ago, I was prompted to reflect upon some of the most important people in my life – teachers. In particular, I chose to write a letter to one Mr. Cedric […]
Read MoreEditorial: No Boyz Allowed
[MenTeach: Dr. Jill has been working to increase and retain men in her education program.] In my family, I have five sisters and two brothers. Growing up, there were many times that we would exclude our brothers from our play and enjoyed making signs which read, “no boyz allowed’. That same mantra followed throughout my […]
Read MoreMy Favorite Teacher – Mr. T.
From my first year as a student in school to now, as an adult educator, I find myself referring to some teachers as “my favorites”. Currently with my work involving pre-service students and cooperating teachers in the field, there are those teachers who I favor. Certainly we have all had at least one favorite teacher […]
Read MoreIn Praise of the Dude Teaching at My Son’s Preschool
I turned to close the preschool gate the other day and looked back to see what my three-year-old son was up to. And this is what I saw: His teacher in a laughing jog, leading a pack of toddlers in a full sprint. A few weeks ago I saw this teacher sliding on the ice […]
Read MoreChina’s New Five-Year Plan: Be a Man
Two days before the temperature in my town dropped to -9°F, my dad asked me, as he tends to do at the coldest point in the winter, to join him on a backcountry ski trip to Mount Moosilauke. Moosilauke is in Benton, New Hampshire. It may not be hyperborean by the standards of Alert, Nunavut, […]
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