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Gender stereotypes breaking down in career choices
A typical work day for East Alabama Medical Center nurse Charles Smith can consist of extreme emergencies, the stabilization of patients, collaborating with co-workers, educating families about medical conditions and anything that has to do with saving a life. On some days at the intensive care unit, he might even be referred to as “doc.” […]
Read MoreMale teachers in elementaries
They can have a positive effect in the classroom, research shows. Men make up only 10 percent of the elementary school teachers in Butler County, a trend seen nationally and one that concerns education experts. The Middletown Journal analyzed staff lists in 10 Butler County districts, and of the 1,603.8 full-time equivalent teachers in elementary […]
Read MoreEducation facing shortage of African American male teachers
Rodney McCloud is something of a rarity in the education profession. He’s an African American male educator who teaches a STEM-related class. McCloud teaches drafting at Carroll High School and is one of just a few African American male teachers in the system and the state. Nationwide, just two percent of all public school teachers […]
Read MoreWill More Black Male Teachers Help Black Boys Better Succeed In School?
Educator Christopher Emdin has unhappy memories of being a young black student taught by a black male teacher who didn’t see value in him as a person. Now, he sees his experiences persists among students he’s interviewed and worked with. An associate professor at Teachers College Columbia University, Emdin’s ideas and experiences differ from a […]
Read MoreVideo: Male Teachers in Mississippi
Across the country, teaching is considered an overwhelmingly female profession. According to menteach.org in the Mississippi School Systems, grades k-12, only seventeen percent of teachers are made up of males. The marines may be looking for a few good men but Mississippi School Systems are in the same position. For many students in grade school […]
Read MoreRecent college graduate returns to classroom: Town welcomes fourth-grade teacher
From college football player and aspiring coach to fourth-grade teacher. That’s how Adam Langan ended up in Nisswa. “I kind of lost interest in football the second year I was playing and really gained more interest in teaching,” Langan said. “(I) realized that teaching was really what I wanted to do.” A 2016 graduate of […]
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