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Project in Scotland launches to increase number of young men in childcare sector
Childcare Management Company (CMC) has secured Youth in Partnership World (YIP) as its partner for a new project addressing the extremely low number of male workers in the childcare sector. A recent survey of Scottish nurseries revealed 100 per cent of managers feel children benefit from strong male role models and has led Greenock based […]
Read MorePakistan schools get 89 teachers
The elementary and secondary education department has appointed 89 male teachers to primary, middle, high and higher secondary schools in the district. “The appointments have been made on merit and in line with the government’s policy,” DDEO Sharifullah Khan told Dawn on Wednesday. Mr Sharifullah said first the candidates sat the National Testing Service test […]
Read MorePresident Carmona: We need male teachers in Trinidad
President Anthony Carmona is again calling for more male teachers in classrooms throughout the country. He pleaded for the authorities in the education system to address the matter yesterday. His words came during the ceremony for President’s Medals for achievers in Education at President’s House in Tobago. It was revealed 72 per cent of teachers […]
Read MoreHarborne school bucks trend of male primary teacher shortage
One in four primary schools in England are without a male teacher, figures have revealed. But one Birmingham school is bucking the trend, with a trio of male teachers working in the classroom. There were just 26,208 men working as teachers in primary schools as of March 31 this year, compared with 185,023 women, statistics […]
Read MoreWhere Did All the Male Teachers Go? France Worries That Boy Students May Be Suffering
This post is in partnership with Worldcrunch, a new global-news site that translates stories of note in foreign languages into English. The article below was originally published in Le Figaro. There are too many women in English schools, declared British Prime Minister David Cameron. In order to restore authority in the classrooms, Cameron thinks that […]
Read MoreWe need more black male teachers like me
Mario Shaw is a 7th grade teacher at Charlotte’s Ranson Middle School and a Teach for America product. With the 60th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling this Saturday, Shaw wanted to reflect on where things stand today on inequalities in public education. Perhaps his most important point: Black males make […]
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