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School pays student loans to recruit male staff
A SCHOOL in Melbourne’s west is offering to pay its former students’ HECS debts and guarantee employment to graduating male primary school teachers, as it tries to recruit male teachers and tackle gender imbalance in the staffroom. At Westbourne Grammar School in the outer western suburb of Truganina, male students who go on to study […]
Read MoreNational Education Report – Status of American Teachers (2000-2001)
National Education Association NEAResearch has conducted surveys on the status of the American public school teacher every five years since 1956. The current report profiles the status of teachers for the school year 2000-2001. These surveys provide continuing data on the professional and personal characteristics of teachers, the current status of their teaching conditions, their […]
Read MoreVoices: Chuck Dutchin – Teacher
Name: Chuck Dutchin Age: 36 Occupation: Kindergarten teacher, Southern Bluffs Elementary School Years in La Crosse area: Born and raised Ethnicity: East Indian (mother’s ancestors from Holland and India; father’s from India) Q: The La Crosse School District names you as the one black teacher among 640 teachers in the district. How do you identify […]
Read MoreSeeking gender balance in university studies
Jason Bauman doesn’t fit the stereotype of a nurse. His nursing program at Winona State University is 90 percent female. But Bauman is just the kind of student educators are looking for. Women account for six out of 10 students at most U.S. universities, but even though women dominate colleges across the country, many undergraduates […]
Read MoreWhat teachers make – A story being sent around the internet
The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life. One man, a CEO, decided to explain the problem with education. He argued, “What’s a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?” He reminded the other dinner guests what they say about teachers: Those […]
Read MoreFinding a job through job fairs
Job fairs are popping up everywhere. I don’t know anybody who enjoys job fairs. Nor do I know anybody hired by a school after attending one. Job fairs are like playing the lottery — you can’t win if you don’t play. And the odds of getting hired after attending a teacher job fair are […]
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