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Determined to succeed – #8
was the last post we received of The New Kids e-mails. He said that he was leaving the school and was going to look for another teaching job in another state. We hope we’ll hear from him again to find out what happened.] Wow, what a two weeks! The past two weeks were utterly crazy […]
Read MoreSouth Carolina Teacher accused of having classmates stomp on another child’s foot
[MenTeach is often contacted about false allegations. This is one’s man’s story. He asked that his name remain confidential.] I didn’t get a lawyer but if I had it to do over again, at first hint of an allegation, I would have gotten the best lawyer in the city to hunt down the two mothers […]
Read MoreCalled to the Principal’s office – #7
[MenTeach Note: We’ve asked a man who just finished his teaching program to write about his teaching job. We’ll post each of his journal entries during the year. Post your comments here for him to read – and of course, wish him luck!] So, the last two weeks have been full of ups and downs… […]
Read MoreA Continuing Debate: Are Men And Women Different? Does It Matter?
We’ve been watching the debate stirred by research done Thomas S. Dee is an associate professor in the Department of Economics at Swarthmore College and a faculty research fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) suggesting that some boys do better with a male teacher and some girls do better with a female teacher. There […]
Read MoreMidwest men in preschool programs
My name is Chuck West. I live in Michigan City, IN, and have worked in, managed, and now own, a business that–among other things–provides consultative mental health services to the Chicago Head Start Program. My company, Worthington, Hurst and Associates, Ltd. (WHA), was the first such business in Chicago, beginning in 1967 when Head Start […]
Read More17 Elementary School Teachers Out of 241 – That’s 7%
I’m a full time graduate student at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ working on a Master’s of Science in Teaching degree specializing in Elementary Education. I’m a 30 year old male who is doing a clinical practicum in a second grade class in a poor urban district. There are no male teachers in the school […]
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