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Boy, what a difference
Marks are up, misbehaving is down when girls aren’t in the classroom She was a kind-faced principal, on the verge of retirement and clearly loved kids. I was visiting her for a story about crumbling school buildings. We’d finished the tour of her school and were chatting on the bench outside her office, the same […]
Read MoreA Young Boy’s Desire To Be A Teacher
Hello, My son is 11years old & in the 5th grade. He is currently working on his “Career Museum” project and we really appreciated the editorial from 10/5/05. Do you have any more current statistics regarding the percentage of men teachers, especially in primary education? My son has wanted to be a teacher since Kindergarten. […]
Read MoreWhere’s the man?
For Jayson Curtis, family is the reason to teach. “I’ve had jobs in the past where I’ve worked 12-hour days,” says the elementary education major at Utah State University. “I just missed so many birthday parties and things. … I wanted to watch my daughter grow up.” But family – combined with a handful of […]
Read MoreA Report about – A National Symposium – Men in the Lives of Young Children
MenTeach.org, Chattahoochee Technical College (CTC), National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) – Men in Education Network (M.E.N.) and the Child Care Information Exchange held A National Symposium – Men in the Lives of Young Children on Wednesday, November 9, 2006 as a pre-conference session at the annual NAEYC National Conference. The symposium featured developments on men in the lives of […]
Read MoreCity boys’ schools happy with male teacher numbers
The principals of two Hamilton boys’ schools are happy with their male staff numbers, and will not consider in-house training to encourage more men into the profession. Nelson College principal Gary O’Shea is so worried by the shortage of male teachers he has suggested an in-school teacher-training facility at the college. It would give a […]
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