Editorials
Editorial: 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 […]
Read MoreEditorial: There are male teachers blogging their opinions
MenTeach In the past, people would complain to me that they couldn’t find male teachers. With the internet and wider communication, you’ll find more and more blogs written by male teachers. It’s unlikely to be the most representative sample of male teachers and they vary in content and quality. They do however provide an interesting […]
Read MoreMenTeach National Symposium 2007
Next week in Chicago there is Men Teaching: A national symposium on developing a national policy on the importance of men in the lives of children. Wednesday, November 7, 2007 12 noon – 4:30 PM Chicago, IL McCormick Place, South Building – S505 A/B On-site registration is available.
Read MoreJack Black is “Man-witch” a school teacher
Another movie about a male teacher will come out in the future starring Jack Black (he also starred School of Rock – 2003). In this new movie he will be a teacher that finds that he has magical powers like a witch and is recruited to attend a school for witches (a la Harry Potter) but […]
Read MoreAre women more tolerant than men?
Since the NBC Nightly News Report Wanted: A Few Good Men, on October 1, 2007 about male teachers, we have had more than 100,000 hits to the MenTeach website. The most satisfying part of working with MenTeach is reading all the comments. Many of them write about their frustrations with the system. You can read one of many interesting posting in […]
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