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5 Scholarship Opportunities For Black Male Teachers Whose Positive Influence Is Underrepresented In Classrooms
Nearly 70 percent of Black people said in a recent poll that they would not have achieved their professional success without the influence of a specific teacher, according to results of a Box Tops for Education survey shared with BET.com. You.Gov conducted the survey of 1,114 adults in April, which also found that over half […]
Read MoreBlack men recall their first time having Black, male teachers
Though educators of all races, creeds and colors can and do connect with scholars of different backgrounds each day, the feeling of familiarity is an unmatched sentiment when it comes to the experience of having your first Black teacher. Unfortunately, this doesn’t happen for Black young men in the classroom. Only two percent of America’s […]
Read MoreManning up for men: Recruitment and retention in the early childhood field
The early childhood care and education field tends to be no man’s land. Nationwide, a meager 3.2 percent of ECE and kindergarten teachers are men, and 44 percent of them leave the field within five years.1 Roadblocks to men teaching young children include rigid ideas about gender roles, perceptions of ECE as a low-prestige job, […]
Read MoreMale Secondary Teachers and Child Care Workers on the increase
The percentage of Male Secondary Teachers and Child Care Workers increased from 40.5% to 41.3% and for Male Child Care Workers from 5.4% to 5.7% moving towards pre-pandemic levels of greater than 6% that hasn’t been seen since the 1970s. The numbers were 940,000 to 1,000,000 for Secondary Teachers and 974,000 to 1,007,000 for Child […]
Read MoreKennesaw State in Georgia summer program aimed at increasing minority educators
Building on the success of an initiative to increase the number of Black male teachers, Kennesaw State University is giving younger local students of color a chance to explore life as education majors and teachers. The Future MISTERs Academy, a three-day summer camp hosted at KSU, invites middle and high school students from metro Atlanta […]
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