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A 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 […]
Read MoreA man teaching Kindergarten in Wisconsin
Rocco Marchionda is a bit of an oddity. At a glance, his kindergarten classroom at Merrill Elementary School in Oshkosh looks like any other song-filled, activity-oriented room of 5- and 6-year olds. The unusual part is Marchionda himself: He’s a man. Teaching kindergarten. “Pretty much everyone I’ve ever worked with is female. I can’t imagine […]
Read MoreMale teacher bridges language gap
Brent Benkelman is unique among Kalispell’s public school teachers. For starters, he is the only male kindergarten teacher in Kalispell Public Schools. But Benkelman also has distinguished himself by learning enough Russian to communicate with students whose first language isn’t English. His first experience teaching a student whose first language was Russian happened two years […]
Read MoreWanted: Black Male Teachers Across the Nation
It’s a nationwide problem – the shortage of Black male teachers. Only two percent of the nation’s nearly five million teachers are African American. “That’s one in 50 teachers. Something is wrong with that picture,” says U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. “As a country, we have a huge challenge to make sure many more […]
Read MoreFalsely accused teacher struggles to cope
A Quebec elementary school gym teacher says he is struggling to rebuild his life after having been falsely accused of sexual touching. A rumour began circulating at Henri Fournier’s school in February 2008 involving 19 girls between the ages of eight and 13 who accused him of inappropriately touching girls, sometimes in front of other […]
Read MoreMore men wanted for childcare jobs in Australia
Trent Tootell may be the minority in his chosen career but he has made a difference in children’s lives. Mr Tootell is completing a Diploma of Children’s Services while working at the Bundaberg’s City Y Childcare Centre. Women generally dominate in his field, with men scarce in the childcare industry. Mr Tootell has worked in […]
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