Editorials
Married to a man teaching in early childhood
My friend recently came to visit and lend a hand with the birth of our new son. As we sat in the midst of diapers, toys and dirty clothes, we said our good-byes as my husband and daughter headed toward the door to go to preschool. My husband, with a guitar on his back, adjusted […]
Read MoreReal men teach kids
“Fewer Male Instructors Now Entering the City Public School Service” read a headline in The New York Times in March of 1912. Its first paragraph stated: “There is unmistakably a scarcity of men among the teachers recently appointed, or to be more accurate, among those who have accepted appointment. The explanation is simple — men […]
Read MoreMen wanted – because teaching isn’t just women’s work
More than a quarter of England’s primary schools do not have a male teacher. This is the conclusion of a – for once – interesting and worthwhile Government survey. Our son, who started school last September, is the only boy in his year. Most of the time he’s happy enough but, every so often, declares […]
Read MoreIn search of black male teachers
Archaeologically speaking, male elementary teachers are going the way of the unindicted Illinois governor, virtual extinction. In 2007, the National Education Association announced that men are only 9 percent of America’s elementary teachers — a 40-year low. A sub-set of this species, the black male teacher, is so rarely seen in daylight that he becoming […]
Read MoreFear and Anti-Male Discrimination in the Classroom
In his book The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things, Barry Glassner discusses how Americans have become unnecessarily fearful of many things, thanks in good part to opportunistic politicians, single-minded advocacy groups, sensationalist news media, “news magazine” programming and so on. Such irrational fear complexes can do profound and unjustified […]
Read MoreSimply Teaching – One man’s teaching journey
[MenTeach: This is an interesting blogpost from a male teacher. He tells an interesting story about his getting hired and cites numerous articles on the internet. This is an excerpt.] Why is there a lack of male teachers in the elementary school grades? I find it to be a very fulfilling job, so where are […]
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