Editorials
Don’s Column: The Power of One
Past references in this column to early childhood education’s unflinching acceptance of the shortage of male educators as a back burner issue were born out yet again at the 2004 National Association for the Education of Young Children’s (NAEYC) national conference in Anaheim, California. Given the limited number of male attendees at the event, the […]
Read MoreMale Teachers Needed In Primary Grades
Often, when we think about the fields of elementary education, early childhood education, special education and even English, we tend to think about them as being female-dominated. Having a specific gender committed to these professions is wonderful, but poses a major problem for our public educational system. Why is this a problem? Numerous households in […]
Read MoreThe Pendulum Column: Where is Mr. Waldo?
[MenTeach: Don Piburn has been working in early education for years. He has been instrumental in recruiting and retaining men teachers through his work in hawaii hosting MenTeach retreats serving on the AEYC affiliate board and being a founding father of the World Forum in Early childhood education(MECE)] I take great pleasure in attending the […]
Read MoreColumn: Men in Early Childhood Education – On the Retreat In Hawaii
Our Hawaii Affiliate of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) – Men in Education Network Retreat was a resounding success! By design, the majority of attendees were men who work directly with young childre,n birth through age 8 years old, yet their professional positions and experiences range from PhD’s and teachers […]
Read MoreWe need more black male teachers like me
Mario Shaw is a 7th grade teacher at Charlotte’s Ranson Middle School and a Teach for America product. With the 60th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling this Saturday, Shaw wanted to reflect on where things stand today on inequalities in public education. Perhaps his most important point: Black males make […]
Read MoreMoms’ stories: Where are the men in Irish childcare?
Although we are very happy with Little Man’s crèche, one thing that Charlie and I really feel it is lacking is a male presence. For 8-10 hours a day on the days he is in childcare, Little Man is in a solely female environment. There are no male childcare workers there. And this is not […]
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