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Number of male teachers in England drops
Figures in primary schools have stagnated over the last five years, and remain low, at 14.1 per cent. The number of white men in secondary schools in England has fallen by over 12,800 since 2010, a fall of 17 per cent, according to analysis by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) think tank. The figures follow […]
Read MoreNumber of male school teachers in Bolton [England] drops
Of the 1,342 secondary school teachers in Bolton whose gender was listed in the School Workforce Census last year, 444 were male. That meant men made up just 33 per cent of the workforce, compared with 38 per cent a decade earlier. The proportion of male teachers across all of the area’s schools, including primary, […]
Read MoreBlack man named Texas Teacher of the Year for first time: ‘I’m not the first to deserve it’
An elementary teacher is the first Black man to be named Texas Teacher of the Year. “I’m the first to win it, but I’m not the first to deserve it,” Eric Hale told The Washington Post on Wednesday. Eric Hale teaches first grade and kindergarten at David G. Burnet Elementary School in Dallas and was […]
Read MoreMenTeach E-News – October 2020
MenTeach E-News October 2020 1) Men in Female-Dominated Professions Do More Housework 2) Justice For All: Lack of Black Male Educators in Florida Area Schools 3) Legislation Introduced Addressing Teacher Diversity in NJ Schools 4) Atlanta Man Becomes One of Georgia’s First Black Male Teachers of the Year 5) Editorial: Getting back to the first […]
Read MoreMen in Female-Dominated Professions Do More Housework
If you want a husband who shares housework more equitably, marry a nurse, a teacher or hair stylist–or someone who’s in a female-focused career. Men in predominantly female jobs will perform 25 percent more household chores than a partner who works in a male-dominated profession like an electrician or engineer, a study (PDF) of heterosexual couples from […]
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