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Addressing the need: Efforts are underway to recruit and retain Black male teachers in Minnesota

James Cannon remembers being the only Black kid in a class of white kids. Not only that, but of all of his K-12 teachers, he distinctly remembers the two Black teachers because there were so few. It’s been proven that representation makes a difference in a child’s life. Studies looking at Black boys in the […]

Keeping Black Men In Front Of The Class

Of all the teachers in the U.S., only 2 percent are black and male. That news is bad enough. But it gets worse: Many of these men are leaving the profession. Just last month, a new study found that the number of black teachers in the public schools of nine cities dropped between 2002 and […]

Black male teachers unite to create rare occurrence at Philadelphia school

“I can just be myself and teach,” he said of the job he loves. Butler is among the only 2% of teachers who are Black men. He and three other Black male teachers made a conscious decision to join forces at MLK High School. Denzil Flemming teaches Algebra. Michael Flemming teaches African American history, and […]

MenTeach E-News July 2022

MenTeach E-News
July 2022

• • 1) Editorial: Eight-year-old author takes other children on an adventure of a lifetime
  • 2) Around 30% Of Teachers Are Males In Fiji
  • 3) ‘Black Men Teach Cleveland’ campaigns to encourage men of color to become teachers
  • 4) Normandale rebrands program to train Black male teachers
  • 5) Strong influences help mold 2022 U.S. Teacher of the Year
  • 6) New Jersey College Scholarship Aids Future Black Male School Teachers
  • 7) Just a quarter of a city teachers are men in United Kingdom
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Men in United Kingdom ‘face prejudice when working in childcare’

A male childminder has opened up on the prejudices encountered by men in the childcare industry. Leigh Walker says that men who choose a career in childcare often face additional hurdles in comparison to their female colleagues due to the stigma of a man working with young children. He began working as a childminder nine […]

Grambling State University, in Louisiana, hosted first ever Call Me Mister Conference to develop more black male educators

Grambling State University hosted their first ever called me a mister conference the university’s black male teacher initiative of partner with Clemson university’s program where was first created to help develop and recruit more African American males answer the teaching profession. The program strives to increase the pool of available male teachers from a more […]