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Ex-soldiers to be hired early for teaching jobs
Anne Arundel County has become one of six counties and cities nationwide that have agreed to hire former military personnel as teachers two years before their military service ends. The decision, announced this month, makes the county the second jurisdiction in Maryland, after Prince George’s County, to agree to such advance hiring. Program officials say […]
Read MoreSchools work to recruit more male teachers
Will Norton and Kevin Hahn have become what they never had themselves: male elementary classroom teachers. Both Cedar Rapids men are in a minority nationwide, where the percentage of male teachers overall is at a 40-year low. It has dropped from 32.5 percent in 1970 to an estimated 24.1 percent in 2007, the National Education […]
Read MoreOnly male kindergarten teacher in Lynchburg City Schools stands out
John Babcock plops his sturdy frame into a wooden rocking chair in his kindergarten classroom at William Marvin Bass Elementary School. He leans forward. Students sit on the carpet in front of him, legs crossed, eyes wide. They look up to their very own friendly giant. This morning’s lesson is about the five senses. It’s […]
Read MoreMen 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. […]
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