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Men in Canton classrooms at all-time low
There’s only one male teacher at Massillon’s Whittier School near Canton, something experts say is part of national trend. According to the National Education Association, the number of male teachers in the U.S. is at an all time low…and sinking. Nationwide, only 1 in 4 teachers is a man, and at the elementary level, its […]
Read MoreOnly Small Fraction Of Teachers Are Men
The National Education Association said men make up only 25 percent of teachers nationwide. But those numbers dwindle further at the elementary level, where 91 percent of teachers are women. But why are there so few men in our classrooms? Tyler Shannon teaches fourth grade in the Liberty School District. “I wanted to get into […]
Read MoreMale educators in elementary schools are rare, but embraced
The 24 pint-size bodies are scattered around the room at various “literacy” centers, engrossed in the hard work of learning to read. Then it’s time to clean up for recess. What looks like controlled chaos ensues, the kids zooming around like hyper-caffeinated kittens. “Mr. Ghafoor, Mr. Ghafoor, I broke my crayon,” implores one little boy. […]
Read MoreLooking for a few good men
Most children go through elementary school under the charge of few if any male teachers, and local educators don’t like it. Historically, the number of female schoolteachers has overshadowed the number of male schoolteachers. In fact, the numbers aren’t even close. The National Education Association says the population of male teachers nationwide has been shrinking […]
Read MoreCommercial pilot lands new career in classroom
As a corporate pilot, Paul Lindsay once spent his days chauffeuring the globetrotting elite, but a dramatic career switch now has him grounded in the classroom instead of on the runway. Lindsay, a resident of The Woodlands, was at the beck and call of wealthy Houston and Dallas families for 15 years, but after the […]
Read MoreFewer men than ever in today’s classrooms
One teacher, a father of four, left the business world where he had worked 24 years as a design engineer in telecommunications and had owned his own business for 15 years. “While sitting in church listening to a sermon on a purpose-driven life, I felt God was speaking to me,” said Roy Barga, an eighth-grade […]
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