Editorials
Mr. “Magg” talks about Washington Post blog
Washington Post education blogger Valerie Strauss featured my article, “We Need More Men Teaching our Kids,” on her daily blog, The Answer Sheet. This is way cool! In a piece called “Do We Need More Male Teachers?” she wrote, “If you believe, as I do, that teaching (and teaching well) is as important a job as any, […]
Read MoreThe End of the Male Teacher: Seniority Rules
More lucrative occupations, cutbacks in salaries, fear of harassment charges, and possible parent bias against them are driving men from the K-12 teaching field. But the unseen culprit in this demise could be seniority. As men retire or leave the profession their replacements may well be female elementary school teachers who have maintained their high […]
Read MoreLive update: More and more workshops at conferences
Sitting at a table hanging out with some guys that is sponsored by the Men in Education Network (M.E.N.) Interest Forum at the National Association for the Education of Young Children conference and National Black Child Development Institute. We’ve been looking at the conference program and we’re noticing more and more events about men, boys and fathers. Encouraging […]
Read MoreManny or Nanny?
As the actress Keeley Hawes has hired a manny to look after her kids it has fired up discussion on men working in childcare again. Does it matter if you nanny is male or female? Would you have issue if your child had a male teacher at school or nursery? After working in the childcare […]
Read MoreMen In Child Care: Crisis or Opportunity?
[MenTeach: We thought this was an interesting perspective about dealing with the global economic crisis. Perhaps using the current situation as an opportunity would be an effective strategy for recruiting unemployed men to consider teaching.] The State Budget Crisis is having a huge impact on programs. Many of you have probably already heard of State […]
Read MoreA good Kindergarten teacher is worth $320,000 a year
How much do your kindergarten teacher and classmates affect the rest of your life? Economists have generally thought that the answer was not much. Great teachers and early childhood programs can have a big short-term effect. But the impact tends to fade. By junior high and high school, children who had excellent early schooling do […]
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