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Scottish project recruits young men to work in childcare
A project in Scotland, aimed at recruiting young and unemployed men into the childcare sector, has received #50,000 of funding to increase training opportunities. The Coalfield Trust awarded the money to the Men into Childcare project, which aims to help young and unemployed men in former mining areas in East Ayrshire. The Trust was originally formed in […]
Read MoreAmerican Federation of Teacher Early Educator
AFT early childhood educator, Robert Leonard Johnson, developed an amazing desire and interest in teaching and helping others to obtain their goals at a young age. For a neighbor with special needs, Robert served as a tutor. He spent much of his recreational time away from friends and taught his neighbor the letters of the […]
Read MoreNew calls to end discrimination against male childcarers
Andy Morris, chief executive at Asquith Nurseries, is urging a comprehensive change in nursery recruitment policies. Currently, only two per cent of the early years workforce is male. The trend carries on into primary school, with no male teacher at nearly a third of primary schools in the UK, according to recent figures from the […]
Read MoreMaryland Looks To Recruit More Black Men As Teachers
Maryland said it’s working to recruit more black men to work as educators in the state. The nation’s education secretary renewed his call this week for more black men to become teachers. They currently make up only 2 percent of educators nationwide. For the most part, Maryland is in same boat, but there are some […]
Read MoreSpike Lee: Black Male Teachers Needed to Teach
More black men need to teach — that from filmmaker Spike Lee during a speech with Education Secretary Arne Duncan at Morehouse College in Atlanta this week. “We have more young black people in prison than enrolled in colleges and universities. That’s a frightening number,” Lee said. The U.S. Department of Education reports less than […]
Read MoreMale teachers in Mississippi elementary schools
When Adrian Dodson took a job at Pass Road Elementary teaching physical education, he wasn’t sure he would like it. He had been teaching and coaching at middle and high schools for two years and wasn’t used to younger students. Now, nine years later, he wouldn’t work anywhere but an elementary school. “This is where […]
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