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Male Call: Black Male Teachers are a Missing Ingredient
William Alexander was all ears at his mother’s home in Riverside during President Barack Obama’s back-to-school message to kids Tuesday. The Oakland elementary school teacher who was in the area attending a conference knows the importance of encouraging children to stay in school. In 2004 he became the first in his family to go to […]
Read MoreNeeded: More black male teachers in Florida
The Ketterlinus Elementary first-graders are typical 6- and 7-year-olds. A little giggly. A little antsy. And a lot chatty. Their teacher is anything but typical in this St. Augustine school. “You’d better tighten up,” Curtis Lewis, 27, tells a couple of boys getting a little too rambunctious. In a school that has only three male […]
Read MoreMen Work with Young Children
Eddie Murphy may have felt like a loser when his former boss in “Daddy Daycare” typecast daycare work as “wiping boogers for a living,” but it’s men like preschool assistant teacher Ryan Martin who’ve been left to defend themselves in the real world of childcare. Working in daycares since high school, Mr. Martin, 38, once […]
Read More200 Free Scholarships For Minorities
This 200 Free Scholarship List is created by Black Excel. They have featured over 1,000+ scholarships at their website. Remember that most groups provide scholarships on an annual basis, so don’t stress yourself over any one particular deadline. Students are advised to target “good” scholarship sources…and apply every year. In the Black Excel African American […]
Read MoreThe few, the beloved, the male elementary teachers
Twenty fourth-graders sit on the edge of their seats, their wide eyes focused on the man in the center of the room. “Can anyone read my mind?” the man asks. “What else do we need to do when we walk in the hallway?” “Don’t touch anyone!” one ponytailed girl yelled. “That’s right,” the man says, […]
Read MoreHundreds of ties means teacher doesn’t wear same one twice all school year
Don McAllister changes ties like some people change shoes. Ghost ties come out in October. December brings ties with Santa and snowmen. “I probably have about 30 Christmas ties,” he said. McAllister didn’t start out as a tie wearer. “It really happened when I started teaching in the early ’80s. I probably owned four or […]
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