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Why don’t more MEN work with CHILDREN? Abuse Stigma? Low Pay? Watch the movie!
[MenTeach: This is one of the most informal talks about men teaching. A guy just walking along the highway talking about men working with children. Gotta love YouTube! You can see more of his thoughts about other ideas here: The Demcad Channel] “Men are severely underrepresented in elementary schools, child care homes and day care centers. […]
Read MoreNumber of men applying to be primary school teachers soars by more than 50% thanks to recession
It is a profession which has been dominated by women for generations. But now it appears many more men want to become primary school teachers. The surge of applicants for training courses is being put down to the economic downturn and rising unemployment making the job more attractive. The number of men wanting to train […]
Read MoreMen in Rush to be Primary Teachers
The number of men applying to be primary school teachers has rocketed during the economic downturn. Education has turned into a boom industry with a 52 per cent increase in male applicants wanting to teach four to 11 year olds over the past year. Figures from the Training and Development Agency for Schools reveal how […]
Read MoreWhat If We Treated Doctors The Way We Treat Teachers?
A good friend and colleague who is now in Chicago first gifted me with this parable. It’s been in my thoughts lately as my wife pursues her medical degree. In fact, she and I have talked about this at length, and when making comparisons between how physicians and teachers are treated, she is just as […]
Read MoreHelping students go from ‘Boys 2 Men’
Sixth-grader Elijah Brown’s blue dress shirt bagged out over his beltless khakis inside the cafeteria at Forest Heights Elementary School. The loose look may have been a style choice, but it also was clear that Elijah had some room to grow into those dress clothes. Elijah was dressed up for the third annual “Boys 2 […]
Read More40% of grandparental childcare provided by men
A report published today by childcare charity Daycare Trust has shattered the traditional image of grandparent carers, revealing a greater gender balance than previously thought, and a generation of ‘super-grandparents’ combining employment with childcare responsibilities. The research, which is the first part of the organisation’s Big Lottery funded project ‘Informal Childcare: Choice or Chance?’ , […]
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