Visit any public school in the United States, and one thing you would be hard-pressed to find is black male teachers.
These are several podcasts conducted by BAM Radio. It's a mix of men who teach talking about their work as teachers and the stereotypes and challenges they face.
Whether it's on the quiet or in your face the fear of men in early education is widespread. Yes, it's difficult to quantify and talk about, but It's real. From parents, to administrators the fear of men who work with young children has a significant impact in classrooms and beyond. 
Anthony D'Tiole, 20, of Moraga, Ca. says when he first started out, he had to work harder to get the jobs that came easily to his female counterparts. "They might have five interviews and be offered four jobs," he said, "I'd have 20 interviews; and if I was lucky, I'd be offered one position." D'Tiole is a male child care provider, a male nanny, a "manny."
As the only male teacher at Wallace Elementary School, Carlos Mendoza is often asked by female colleagues to help discipline select students -- usually boys needing extra attention.
Rows of mini-kitchens and sewing machines line the large life skills lab at West Geauga Middle School in Chester Township, but during class time there's more than stitching and baking going on.
Five students from St. Johns River Community College will be the first in the state to participate in a new scholarship program created to recruit, educate and place minority male teachers into elementary school classrooms.
They're underrepresented in high school graduation ceremonies and college classrooms. 
Breakthrough Saint Paul (and other major cities) are looking for a diverse group of talented undergraduate and high school students (juniors/seniors) to teach and lead at an innovative academic summer program for high-potential, under-resourced middle school students in Saint Paul. Breakthrough provides paid summer internships, complete with training and classroom teaching experience. 
Remember the Police ballad of the 1980s - Don't Stand So Close to Me? It was written by Sting, the band's lead singer, who at one time was employed as a teacher. Well, if Sting were going to do an updated 2006 version, he could call it something like, "Don't Come Into My Classroom Alone or I Might Be Charged with Abusing You."
[MenTeach: John Suur has provided child care for emergency situations for many years. You can read about his other efforts in Louisana. And in Florida for another effort.John Suur has been volunteering to offer child care services after diasters for many years. He is an attorney who retired from working at the World Bank and has worked with Toddlers for many years in his "retirement."]
Student masterpieces hang on a string along the ceiling of a Camarillo classroom, colorful posters of block letters and numbers fill the walls, and a drove of stuffed sea creatures lie on top of a kid-sized bookcase. They're typical finds in a kindergarten classroom, but this room at University Preparation School also has something a little more rare: a male teacher. 
Four years ago, Principal Duncan Smith noticed a sizable percentage of the male students at Frankford Elementary School were having discipline problems.
They can cook dinner. They can give hugs. And they can play baseball. Who says men can't be nannies?
Troops to Teachers is a program to help men and women become teachers.For many eligible participants, the Post-9/11 GI Bill is a better solution than other education benefit programs, such as the Montgomery GI Bill - Active Duty, Montgomery GI Bill - Selected Reserve and the Reserve Education Assistance Program (REAP). 
Most readers will not recognize the name Fred Rogers. Mention "Mister Rogers," however, and most will immediately recognize a personality who has probably influenced more lives than have several presidents combined.
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.
Recently, Lisa Guernsey at Early Ed Watch did a 5Qs Interview for Inside Pre-K. It is a series I have been doing mostly on authors writing about preschool. She was happy to do it but asked if, as part of a series at Early Ed Watch on Head Start, I would do one for her in return. I can tell you, a 5Qs interview is not as easy as I thought it was. 
The three years John Roberson spent as an Army drill sergeant were not enough to satisfy his itch to teach.
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