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Boys look to male teachers for guidance
Four years ago, Principal Duncan Smith noticed a sizable percentage of the male students at Frankford Elementary School were having discipline problems. The boys who were continually sent to his office shared one characteristic, he said. They were often from “broken homes” with no male role model. Now, with six male faculty members and a […]
Read MoreFemale teachers talk more than male teachers
Teachers tend to spend more time speaking than most professionals, putting them at a greater risk for hurting their voices. They are 32 times more likely to experience voice problems, according to one study. A new study by the National Center for Voice and Speech (NCVS), in Denver, CO, reveals how teachers use their voice […]
Read MoreWould you hire a male nanny?
They can cook dinner. They can give hugs. And they can play baseball. Who says men can’t be nannies? Kris Pohl is the first man to make it to the finals of England’s Professional Nanny of the Year competition. Wearing jeans and a shaggy hairdo, 48-year-old, American-born Pohl doesn’t look like Mary Poppins but the […]
Read More$38,000 for Troops to Teachers
Troops to Teachers is a program to help men and women become teachers.For many eligible participants, the Post-9/11 GI Bill is a better solution than other education benefit programs, such as the Montgomery GI Bill – Active Duty, Montgomery GI Bill – Selected Reserve and the Reserve Education Assistance Program (REAP). However, this decision depends […]
Read MoreLack of minority teachers troubling
As the new principal at Jackson Arts and Technology Academy this school year, Septembra Williams sees the imbalance of minority teachers to minority students at her school. At the charter school of about 140 students, 64 percent of the student body — 90 students — are of color, according to the Michigan Department of Education’s […]
Read MoreMale Teacher
Remember your first male teacher? Peter Chan does. More so, he remembers the lack of one during his own grade-school years in the 1980s. “I think I would have related better,” said Chan, 32, who teaches fifth grade at Vancouver’s Harney Elementary School. For instance, he just “wasn’t into” his sixth-grade teacher, who tried to […]
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