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Male Teacher Initiative – Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s teachers
Nearly one quarter, 24% of Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Teachers (TSTT) students are male. We are collaborating with schools in New York City and Rochester City to expand our Male Teacher of Color Initiative to increase the number of male teachers and improve the academic outcomes of high school students and college graduation rates among students […]
Read MoreBlack men teachers inspiring hope
Stephen Flemming is one teacher in one classroom, but he may be doing as much to keep his low-income black students in school – black males in particular – as any formal program targeted toward “at-risk” students. Flemming teaches English language arts to 5th graders at John B. Kelly Elementary School in Germantown. All but […]
Read MoreMenTeach E-News – May 2017
MenTeach E-News May 2016 1) New Zealand Men hope to encourage more males into early childhood roles 2) Seeking to reverse lack of black male teachers in Detroit 3) This Letter A Fifth Grader Wrote To His Teacher Proves How Important It Is To Have Black Men In Classrooms 4) Will More Minority Teachers Close […]
Read MoreHow this man found his calling as an early elementary teacher
JUDY WOODRUFF: A question that has been raised here: Why aren’t more men going into fields dominated by women? Stigma is a big part of the answer, our economics correspondent, Paul Solman, reported last week. Tonight, he focuses on one man many might want to emulate. It’s part of our weekly series Making Sense. HAROLD […]
Read MoreLife as the lone male teacher at Rail Ranch Elementary in Murrieta
I walked with my class across campus recently when some passing kid I’ve never met said, “Hi Mr. Love.” One of my own students asked, “Why does everybody know you?” My theory: I am the only male teacher left at my school. Of about 25 teachers at Rail Ranch Elementary in Murrieta, I’m the lone […]
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