Editorials
Column: Men in Early Childhood Education – On the Retreat In Hawaii
Our Hawaii Affiliate of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) – Men in Education Network Retreat was a resounding success! By design, the majority of attendees were men who work directly with young childre,n birth through age 8 years old, yet their professional positions and experiences range from PhD’s and teachers […]
Read MoreWe need more black male teachers like me
Mario Shaw is a 7th grade teacher at Charlotte’s Ranson Middle School and a Teach for America product. With the 60th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling this Saturday, Shaw wanted to reflect on where things stand today on inequalities in public education. Perhaps his most important point: Black males make […]
Read MoreMoms’ stories: Where are the men in Irish childcare?
Although we are very happy with Little Man’s crèche, one thing that Charlie and I really feel it is lacking is a male presence. For 8-10 hours a day on the days he is in childcare, Little Man is in a solely female environment. There are no male childcare workers there. And this is not […]
Read MoreBlack Male Teacher Stands For Aspiration, Support
I am one of the African American males who, according to The National Academy of Education, make up less than 2 percent of the nation’s public school teachers. It’s a statistic that came out just a few months after CNN reported that black male students have dramatically fewer black male teachers as role models compared […]
Read MoreBeing a male elementary school teacher
It’s an email from a Temecula school librarian that gets me thinking about what a rare breed I am. I’m a male elementary school teacher. While exact numbers are hard to come by in the state or nationally, in searching the web, men seem to represent about 10 percent of elementary school teachers. Locally, in […]
Read MoreReal Men or Real Teachers Author Paul Sargent died
Ever noticed the dearth of male elementary school teachers, especially in early grades? So has sociology professor Paul Sargent—and he’s committed much of his research to finding out why some occupations are gendered the way they are. “I study gender as a social structure and how we continue to separate roles,” Sargent said. “It […]
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