More than a quarter of England's primary schools do not have a single male teacher, it has emerged, with 4,587 school staffrooms populated solely by women.
The number of men applying for teacher training has risen sharply because of the recession, says the body responsible for training teachers.
Dublin City Childcare Committee & its neighbouring CCC's operating in Dublin are seeking to make contact with men working in Early childhood Care & Education in Dublin. The Men in Childcare Network which is based in Waterford seeks to encourage more men to consider childcare as a career. The Network is about getting more men involved in childcare and supporting them. 
The room was packed so full that they were standing at the back, but we were an orderly and attentive lot. "Hands up those of you who've been into a school recently," our facilitator requested. A good number of hands shot up. "Those of you who didn't put your hands up need to get into a school," she said with a stern look.
An Ipswich school is defying trends and putting men back in front of the class with more male teachers than women.
I'm in New Zealand right now getting ready for a presentation to the 4th Annual Men in Early Childhood Summit. I'm spending time with one of the guys, Robin Christie and his wife and kids I met in Belfast, Ireland - the World Forum. 
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