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Just a quarter of a city teachers are men in United Kingdom
Figures from the Department of Education (DfE) have revealed that male teachers make up just a quarter of the Bury school workforce. They found that out of 1,725 in state-funded schools in Bury as of November 2021, just 418 of them were men. This means male teachers only make up 24.2 per cent of the […]
Read MoreNew Jersey College Scholarship Aids Future Black Male School Teachers
“Across the country, about 20% of teachers are people of color, and Black men make up a mere 2% of all U.S. teachers,” said Sharon Harden, Pillar College Program Chair of Elementary Education. “In Newark, that percentage is slightly higher, around 8%”. That is still too low, and that is why Pillar College is on […]
Read MoreStrong influences help mold 2022 U.S. Teacher of the Year
It hardly seems a stretch to say Kurt Russell was born to be a history teacher. Raised on his mother’s stories about segregation and the civil rights movement in Alabama and influenced by teachers from his childhood, the 50-year-old Russell has spent the last 25 years teaching history and African American history at Oberlin High […]
Read More‘Black Men Teach Cleveland’ campaigns to encourage men of color to become teachers
Diversity in the classroom is a matter close to the hearts of many educators. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, about eight in 10 U.S. public school teachers, or 79%, identified as non-Hispanic white during the 2017-18 school year. Less than 7% identify as Black and only 24 % are male. In Cleveland, […]
Read MoreAround 30% Of Teachers Are Males In Fiji
Get your sons and grandsons to work hard in school and earn a teaching profession because there is a shortage of male teachers. That was the message echoed by the Minister for Education, Heritage and Arts, Premila Kumar, during a talanoa session with school managers in Ovalau earlier this week. While responding to queries from […]
Read MoreMenTeach E-News March 2022
MenTeach E-News March 2022 1) International: Exploring Career Trajectories of Men in the Early Childhood Education and Care Workforce 2) How one Black male teacher is breaking stereotypes and shaping the next generation 3) Australia: Male Teachers Play an Important Role in the Future of Education 4) Scholarship: The Apple Pre-Ed Scholars Program at Huston-Tillotson […]
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