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Male Teachers of Color Initiative Scholarships
Local organizations united Thursday at The Leadership Academy for Young Men to support freshmen boys with dreams of becoming teachers. Chase Bank funded the local organization, “Today’s Students Tomorrow’s Teachers,” as they launched the Male Teacher of Color Initiative within the academy. The program’s aim is to increase diversity among male teachers. The Rochester City […]
Read MoreMore 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 MorePRIDE is spreading in Florida
When Juliun Kinsey recently volunteered as an instructor at Terwilliger Elementary School, the Santa Fe College graduate noticed something missing. The children, he said, had few teachers who, like him, shared their skin color. “Teachers should reflect the student body,” Kinsey said. “If a majority of your kids are minority, but 90 percent of your […]
Read MoreProject PRIDE will help increase number of minority & male teachers with $12.1 million
To help reduce the demographic disparity between students and teachers, Polk County Public Schools has partnered with the University of South Florida Polytechnic to actively recruit and provide scholarships to future male and minority school teachers. The $12.1 million funding comes from Race to the Top, a $4.35 billion U.S. Department of Education competition grant […]
Read MoreSmith Strives to Inspire On and Off the Basketball Court
Senior Ben Smith traded his Wichita State basketball uniform and Nike sneakers for slacks and a necktie when he walked into a third grade classroom as “Mr. Smith” at OK Elementary School this fall. As part of his elementary education degree program, Smith taught six lessons to grade school students at the school located on […]
Read MoreA male teacher and his a one-room schoolhouse
On a brisk Wednesday morning on Catalina Island, teacher David Morse starts the school day by raising the flag and ringing the brass bell. First to appear are 10-year-old Malaya Barrios and her 7-year-old sister Aliah, riding their bicycles down a dirt road. The sisters park their bikes outside – there’s no need for bike […]
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