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More men seeking ‘manny’ work due to lousy economy
Greg Carroll left his job as an executive chef in 2009, when his boss asked him to slash his 500-person staff by half. Since then, Carroll has done some catering, some consulting and some cooking in private homes. But full-time work has proven elusive. So a few months ago, the 51-year-old Carroll posted an ad […]
Read MoreNew teachers, nervous as kindergartners, prepare for the first day of school
Along with the hundreds of thousands of students heading back to school across the region this week and next, there are hundreds of new teachers, some of them leading a classroom for the first time. And some of those teachers are just as nervous as the students. Bryan Curtis, who starts his first teaching job […]
Read MoreJefferson welcomes district’s only male kindergarten teacher
Jefferson Elementary School will employ the district’s only male kindergarten teacher this school year. Grant Jones, 22, will teach about 20 kindergartners when classes begin Aug. 13. He will be the only man among 25 kindergarten teachers. Jefferson principal Roben Frentzel said Jones is a great guy. She said Jefferson also is home to male […]
Read MoreHow Boston Public Schools Can Recruit and Retain Black Male Teachers
Our guest author today is Travis J. Bristol, former high school English teacher in New York City public schools and teacher educator with the Boston Teacher Residency program, who is currently a research and policy fellow at the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE) at Stanford University. The challenges faced by Black male […]
Read MoreWhy Are There So Few Men in Jewish Nursery School Classrooms?
It’s circle time in classroom four. Sixteen 5-year-olds sit on the carpet and patiently wait for the weather report. After observing Amsterdam Avenue through the large windows of the JCC in Manhattan’s nursery school, a blond girl in a pink dress announces, “It’s sunny and cloudy.” Her peers seem content with the analysis, and the […]
Read MoreStudy: Minority teachers benefit all
Despite the cry from people of color for more teachers who look like them, both whites and blacks benefit from a more diverse teaching force, according to a study by Center of American Progress. “…A study of the relationship between the presence of African American teachers in schools and African American students’ access to equal […]
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