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DadBloggers – Men in Child Care
[MenTeach: The following posting came from a Daddyblog in April 2006. It produced several comments at the site and offered some data about men teaching.] The church I belong to has a nursery, which looks after kids from 18 months to three years while their parents attend two hours of classes. Since our daughter has recently […]
Read MoreBay Area Schools Try To Lure Male Teachers
The National Education Association says it needs a few good men to become teachers. The number of male public school teachers hit a record 40-year low in 2005. They represent only about fourth of the total number of teachers. Gilroy public schools have about 516 teachers — of that number only 132 are men. Gilroy […]
Read MoreGender gap in degrees
ExchangeEveryDay – www.ccie.com A report in Work & Family Life (February 2005; workfam@aol.com) suggests that the gender gap in education is widening: “Among Americans in the 25 to 34 age cohort, 24% more women than men have earned an associate’s degree; 14% more women than men hold bachelor degrees; and 21% more women than men have advanced […]
Read MoreMale teachers find themselves outnumbered but not out of place in area school systems
The green rubber ball with 50 flimsy tentacles is tossed between the half-dozen students. Everyone is silent except the 6-foot 7-inch giant towering over them. It’s called silent ball. Their teacher is known for it, and for turning “hell raisers” around. Getting their grades up. Improving their academic focus. He’s like a father — or […]
Read MoreTeacher of Year educates as he entertains his class
To his students, Michael B. Flynn is a one-man carnival who uses funny voices and camcorders to bring life to spelling and subtraction. To his peers, he is a blazing young teacher with a zeal for reforming the way educators teach math. These two sides, colleagues say, propelled the 32-year-old teacher at Norris Elementary School […]
Read MoreIt’s About Channeling the Right Role Models
In his new office on the second floor of Zankel Hall, the people who have influenced Jon Drescher are present in talismanic form. The name plate from his father’s office door. A pair of tap dancing shoes that belonged to the entertainer Savion Glover, who was a student of Drescher’s when he was principal of […]
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