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How to protect your school from sexual harassment cases
Arthur Brokop, a young substitute teacher, shut the windowless door of the first-grade classroom he’d been called in to oversee. He dimmed the lights while showing a video and, one by one, put three young girls on his lap so he could fondle them through their clothing. The crime still haunts the school superintendent in […]
Read MoreFew men choose classroom
Richard Muse was greeted with the same question repeatedly this summer during teacher orientation. “They said ‘Hey, what are you coaching?’ ” said the third-grade teacher. At Collierville Elementary, Muse, 23, is one of two male instructors. In a female-dominated profession, he is a rare and fading breed. With just one-quarter of the nation’s 3 […]
Read MoreDecember 2007 – MenTeach ENews
MenTeach News December 2007 1) Changing laws: Including gender in the definition Diversity 2) Male Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Gendering of Teaching? 3) The First Global Gathering of Men Teachers early bird deadline! 4) Some families are uncomfortable with male teachers – What do you do? 5) Dreams – A Langston Hughes Poem 6) Teacher of […]
Read MoreWhere my boys at?
If you’re a male in a classroom, you’re probably a student and not a teacher. The number of male teachers has reached an all-time low, according to the National Education Association, whose numbers indicate only 1/4 of the 3 million teachers in the United States are male. According to the most recent ASU Institutional Analysis, […]
Read MoreLooking for a few good men
Male teachers are rare in U.S. elementary schools Most children go through elementary school under the charge of few if any male teachers, and local educators don’t like it. Historically, the number of female schoolteachers has overshadowed the number of male schoolteachers. In fact, the numbers aren’t even close. The National Education Association says the […]
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