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Forget women in boardrooms — we need more men in classrooms
Women, know your place. And that place is in the boardrooms of Britain’s biggest companies. A new Government-backed report from Lord Mervyn Davies has called for a target of at least a third of boardroom positions at FTSE 350 companies to be held by women by the end of the decade. Lord Davies, who has […]
Read MorePrimary school children need male teachers too
My form teacher during my final year of primary school was called Dr Knight. A brilliant man who remained stoic when my friend tried to glue him to a chair, his specialism was maths. Twenty years later I can still recite the “fractions rap” he taught us: “If you’re adding or subtracting then sooner or […]
Read MoreOhio school looking at plan to attract male African-American teachers
Shaker Heights Schools, working together with the U.S. Department of Education and Howard University is looking to launch a program to attract African-American male teachers to the district. The African-American Male Teacher Initiative was discussed Tuesday night while the Shaker Heights Board of Education and school administrators reviewed the progress of the district’s strategic master […]
Read MoreEx-truckie in New Zealand rewarded for teaching role
Whangarei’s Regan Reti was recently awarded a Ministry of Education Kupe Scholarship as one of the country’s top 30 Maori and Pasifika student teachers. He’s pictured with 4-year-old Durome Henry and 3-year-old Chloe Valentine. There are few men in the field of early childhood education and Regan Reti is one of them – yet only […]
Read MoreWhere are all the male teachers in our schools?
The Queensland College of Teachers has commissioned a review into the factors which influence people when choosing teaching as a first career. It comes as recent figures show the number of male teachers in Queensland state primary schools falling to just 16% of the workforce. According to Kevin Bates, President of the Queensland Teachers Union, […]
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