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Stephen Colbert suggests men work in child care

Stephen Colbert has a television show on Comedy Central. In this epsidoe he proposes that unemployed men should be hired to work in child care. Although it's a satirical comment - we think his right - men should work in child care.

An excerpted video clip from Stephen Colbert

Call Me MISTER Creates More Black Male Teachers

by Kathy Matheson, Associated Press

Lenny Macklin made it to 10th grade before having a teacher who looked like him -- an African-American male. Gregory Georges graduated from high school without ever being taught by a black man.

Only about 2 percent of teachers nationwide are African-American men. But experts say that needs to change if educators expect to reduce minority achievement gaps and dropout rates.

Men as Child Care Providers

by wisconsinearlychildhood

When you think of a child care professional, do you ever picture a man?

Male teachers in Western Pennsylvania elementary classrooms

by Amy Crawford - Pennsylvania Tribune-Review

Sixteen kindergarteners sat cross-legged on a rag rug, singing songs about the days of the week and the months of the year.

The classroom at Carnegie Elementary School in the Carlynton School District was furnished with the usual toys preferred by 5-year-olds -- trucks, blocks, a kitchen play-set, a miniature makeup table. There was a collection of books nearby, and a set of puzzles in cardboard boxes.

Free childcare classes for men in the United Kingdom

When a ground-breaking bid to hire more male role models to teach Edinburgh's youngest children was launched, it was hailed a major success.

Now the organisation, Men In Childcare, wants to offer men in Aberdeen the same opportunity.

The group, which has the motto, "Men need women, women need men, children need both", is to run free classes at Aberdeen College from Tuesday, September 22.