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Male teachers reach 40-year low
Jonathan Meyers leans against an open doorway five minutes before the bell rings, greeting students with high-fives and hugs. Kids are lively, talkative and sweaty from taking off layers of winter clothing. Meyers is getting ready to teach his third-grade class at Chestnut Ridge Elementary School in Chili. But it’s a career path that few […]
Read MoreWe shouldn’t have to make men feel guilty about working with children
Now, more than ever before, men are hesitant to enter the teaching profession because they fear others will view them as potential pedophiles. “We get so hysterical about the slightest suggestion of contact between male teachers and their charges . . . that men are reluctant to teach at the elementary school level,” suggests Boris […]
Read MoreMale Teachers in Short Supply – Does it Matter?
In a city where many households are without male role models, children are also facing a lack of male leadership in the classroom, as only one in four district teachers are male.The ratio is even more skewed at the elementary level, with some schools having only one or two male teachers on a staff of […]
Read MoreMale Teachers in Short Supply – Does it Matter?
In a city where many households are without male role models, children are also facing a lack of male leadership in the classroom, as only one in four district teachers are male.The ratio is even more skewed at the elementary level, with some schools having only one or two male teachers on a staff of […]
Read More‘Paedophile hysteria’ is putting men off teaching says Boris Johnson
Men are being scared away from joining the teaching profession by a wave of “paedophile hysteria”, a leading Tory has warned. Boris Johnson said school staffrooms are increasingly dominated by female teachers because men are afraid of attracting false child abuse allegations. He spoke out after figures revealed women now outnumber men by 13 to […]
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