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College program helping African-American males become teachers
There is a new push from a local college to get more teachers inside local classrooms. The “Call Me Mister” program at Edward Waters College is designed to get more African-American men in schools as teachers. “It’s pretty much a big game-changer in my life,” said Bernard Agurs, the first “Call Me Mister”graduate. Soon he’ll […]
Read MoreGeorgia’s new Teacher of the Year: Former attorney looking to make lasting impact
The state Department of Education announced the Georgia Teacher of the Year today. Interesting to see that six of the 10 finalists, including the winner, are male teachers. (Nationwide, 84 percent of k-12 teachers are women.) Here is the DOE release: Ernest William Lee, II, an International Baccalaureate history, U.S. government and civics teacher from […]
Read MoreBlack male teachers: There aren’t enough of them
Consider these statistics: Slightly more than half of all public schools students are children of color. Yet, despite documented benefits of a racially and ethnically diverse teaching force, no more than 2 percent of teachers in the public education system are black men. What’s more, research shows that teachers of color are leaving the profession. […]
Read MoreNonprofit trains students to stay in school, become teachers
In her 20 years as CEO of Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Teachers, Bettye H. Perkins has seen hundreds of ninth-graders return to their schools as teachers after completing the nonprofit’s mentorship and training program. The mission of the White Plains-based nonprofit is to fill the diversity gap in the teaching profession by training culturally diverse and […]
Read MoreOn Sale: Men Who Teach Young Children – An international perspective
Few men around the world work in daycare settings, nursery schools or kindergartens. Yet wherever they are found, men who are perceived to have crossed the gender boundary in their choice of profession are widely acclaimed as gifted educators and excellent caregivers. Policy makers who care about providing quality education for young children need to […]
Read MoreRecruiting Male Teachers
Charlotte-Mecklenburg School (CMS) district is on a special assignment. The district wants to have at least 22 percent of its new teachers this year to be male. Currently out of about 9,000 CMS teachers, 20 percent are male. The national average is about 24 percent of teachers are men. CMS superintendent Ann Clark believes increasing […]
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