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Male teachers try to make a difference in the classroom
Jacob Smith is a first-year math and science instructor at Carver-Edisto Middle School in Orangeburg Consolidated School District Four in Cope, but he’s no neophyte when it comes to working with male students. Smith has been working for the past five years as a youth program director at Branchville High School. He has a bachelor’s […]
Read MoreOfficials pleased, [the most percentage of male teachers in United States], even if they can’t explain it
Kansas makes the honor roll when it comes to the rate of male teachers in classrooms. Leading the nation with a 33.4 percent male teaching staff, Kansas is trailed by Oregon at 31.6 percent and Alaska with 31.5. Why so many? There’s no easy answer. But Brenda Dietrich, superintendent of schools for Auburn-Washburn Unified School […]
Read MoreSchools Seek a Few Good Men – Districts Try to Increase the Number of Male Elementary School Teachers
In a cheerful, colorfully decorated classroom at Alexander Elementary School in a poor, gloomy neighborhood of Greenville, S.C., Damon Qualls is surrounded by eager fifth graders. As he reads from a biography of Eleanor Roosevelt, the 15 fifth graders give him their complete attention, a measure of respect for Qualls in only his third year […]
Read MoreGoodbye, Mr. Chips: Male teachers scarce
One group puts the percentage of male teachers in the U.S. at a 40-year low, with Oregon doing better than most states. Some say the disparity hurts students BEAVERTON — No matter how unruly a class gets, when P.J. Hanson walks into the room all the kids sit up straight. “It’s so weird,” the second-grade […]
Read MoreThis teacher is no ordinary Joe
Rafe Esquith’s classroom is dingy and cluttered, but it hardly matters. Within seconds inside it, it becomes clear why Esquith has been anointed as one of those magical teachers who propels his poor, immigrant students to impossible heights. In less than an hour on a recent Tuesday, his fifth-graders, many of whom speak with traces […]
Read MoreWhere’s the man?
For Jayson Curtis, family is the reason to teach. “I’ve had jobs in the past where I’ve worked 12-hour days,” says the elementary education major at Utah State University. “I just missed so many birthday parties and things. … I wanted to watch my daughter grow up.” But family – combined with a handful of […]
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