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Spike Lee: We need options other than sports, rap and the corner
I just attended the U.S. Department of Education town hall meeting at Morehouse College featuring Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Congressman John Lewis, filmmaker and Morehouse graduate Spike Lee, Morehouse President Robert Michael Franklin, New Schools of Carver science teacher Christopher Watson, MSNBC contributor Jeff Johnson and Jonesboro’s Mundy’s Mill Middle School principal Derrick Dalton. The […]
Read MoreMore male elementary school teachers
It’s story time in Christopher Becker’s kindergarten classroom. Becker says having a man teach kindergarten is no tall tale. “They usually assume they’re going to get a female teacher until fourth or fifth grade. Whether it’s kindergarten or fifth grade, I think males in that role are extremely important. You don’t see a whole lot […]
Read MoreMenTeach E-News – August 2013
MenTeach E-News August 2013 1) Male teachers serving as role models at Rockford daycare centers 2) Teacher believes no job is more important than teaching 3) Men in the classroom: Back to the basics of primary 4) Program Puts Dads in Classroom 5) Azerbaijani women prevail over men in teaching 6) Women teachers on the […]
Read MoreMen act as great role models in nursery settings
Men in childcare are great roles models for children missing a father figure in their life, according to male nursery nurse Simon Austin. Simon is a nursery nurse at the Walton-le-Dale setting of Carr Manor nursery and represents one of only 3% of males within the early years sector. As the only male worker at […]
Read MoreShanghai’s male kindergarten principal is a class act
Zhu Jun’s first semester as a kindergarten principal has come to an end, leaving him feeling exhausted yet enlightened. “The semester was really rewarding, because I accumulated a great deal of experience. But I feel a bit tired,” the 29-year-old says. Zhu, who is Shanghai’s first male graduate of preschool education studies, has also become […]
Read MoreIreland: More men returning to primary teaching
That rare thing in primary education – a male teacher – will be more in evidence this morning as new junior infants and their classmates troop into school. There has been a persistent drift of men back into primary school teaching after decades of domination of the profession by women. Unfortunately this gender imbalance is […]
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