Editorials
States with more male teachers have higher salaries
[MenTeach: There isn’t alot of research out that shows whether there is an effect of having more male teachers. But one study that has been around since 2003 shows that states with more male teachers have higher salaries.] “States with the highest salaries tend to have the highest proportion of male teachers. Michigan is ranked […]
Read MoreWhere the boys aren’t
Some of my best friends are men. More importantly, some of my best teacher friends–sounding boards, inspirations and educational soul mates–are men. But men are a diminishing force in teaching, a distinct cause for alarm when you consider that half the pool of prospective teachers is men. Newsweek and CBS took up the cause of gender balance in teaching […]
Read MoreTeacher of the Year – Fourth Grade Snots
As kids we used to jump rope on the school playground chanting, “First grade babies/ Second grade tots/ Third grade angels/ Fourth grade snots.” I couldn’t wait to become one of those snots. It sounded so, well, teenagie. I was thinking a lot about fourth grade after this week’s all-district school staff meeting. Usually they […]
Read MoreEditorial: Hiring men teachers
I was reading through some online newspapers. One from Sauk Center, Minnesota (a part of the state that is home to the Prairie Home Companion host Garrison Keillor’s Lake Wobegone) and the other from China. The Minnesota article was about an old town hall that was being moved. In the news back in 1891 the township added […]
Read MoreEditorial: Recruiting More Men to Teach
There are many ways to recruit more men to be teachers. Start a large public awareness campaign There needs to be constant, pervasive messages about the importance of men teaching children. Every media needs to show positive images of men teaching or telling stories about the value and significance of men teaching. Newspapers, magazine, television, […]
Read MoreIs there a difference between white and black teachers?
[MenTeach: A great editorial in the New York Times – be certain to link to the site to read the comments – they are very interesting. Thanks to Roy for forwarding the article to me.] Will Okun is a Chicago school teacher who traveled with Nick Kristof in June to central Africa, on the win-a-trip […]
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