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Project PRIDE will help increase number of minority & male teachers with $12.1 million
To help reduce the demographic disparity between students and teachers, Polk County Public Schools has partnered with the University of South Florida Polytechnic to actively recruit and provide scholarships to future male and minority school teachers. The $12.1 million funding comes from Race to the Top, a $4.35 billion U.S. Department of Education competition grant […]
Read MoreAlternative Teacher Training Programs Better at Attracting Male and Minority Trainees
Teacher training and quality has long been a topic of discussion among policymakers, especially as states have expanded access to alternative teacher training programs outside of traditional schools of education. While many remain skeptical about the effectiveness and worth of such programs, 45 states have implemented alternative routes to certification and 11 percent of […]
Read MoreGender imbalance in Korean Schools
As of 2011, women teachers accounted for 75.8 percent in the nation’s primary schools, 66.8 percent in middle schools and 46.2 percent in high schools. These figures represent significant rise in the presence of female teachers at primary and secondary schools since a decade ago, when the respective figures were 68 percent, 59 percent and […]
Read MoreSmith Strives to Inspire On and Off the Basketball Court
Senior Ben Smith traded his Wichita State basketball uniform and Nike sneakers for slacks and a necktie when he walked into a third grade classroom as “Mr. Smith” at OK Elementary School this fall. As part of his elementary education degree program, Smith taught six lessons to grade school students at the school located on […]
Read MoreA male teacher and his a one-room schoolhouse
On a brisk Wednesday morning on Catalina Island, teacher David Morse starts the school day by raising the flag and ringing the brass bell. First to appear are 10-year-old Malaya Barrios and her 7-year-old sister Aliah, riding their bicycles down a dirt road. The sisters park their bikes outside – there’s no need for bike […]
Read MoreMenTeach E-News – December 2011
1) Wanted: Black Male Teachers Across the Nation 2) Attracting More Men to Child Care – How to…and why you should 3) Researcher looking for male teachers 4) A man in a female dominated profession in Vietnam 5) A man teaching Kindergarten in Wisconsin 6) Male teacher ‘only planned a small stint’ 7) A male […]
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