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Florida Works To Retain, Recruit Male Teachers
Friday was an early-release day at Wolfson High. By 2 p.m., the students were gone, but the auditorium was filled with male teachers. The reason? They’re part of a newly-formed male teachers’ network in Duval County. Westside High School Principal Gregory Bostic led Friday’s workshop. “You know when you walk into the classroom or walk […]
Read MoreMenTeach E-News – October 2015
MenTeach E-News October 2015 1) Estonia has the lowest share of male teachers in European Union 2) Wanted: male teachers in the Philippines 3) 2014 Bureau of Labor Statistics data about male teachers in the United States 4) When men are given a hard time for being teachers it’s no wonder there are so few […]
Read MoreMen teaching meeting at National Early Education Conference in Orlando, FL
The National Association for the Education conference is an annual conference with over 20,000 attendees and the largest early education gathering in the world. There are several events that men and women who want more men teaching will meet. Men in Education (M.E.N.) Network Interest Forum invites men AND women to its annual meeting on […]
Read MoreForget women in boardrooms — we need more men in classrooms
Women, know your place. And that place is in the boardrooms of Britain’s biggest companies. A new Government-backed report from Lord Mervyn Davies has called for a target of at least a third of boardroom positions at FTSE 350 companies to be held by women by the end of the decade. Lord Davies, who has […]
Read MorePrimary school children need male teachers too
My form teacher during my final year of primary school was called Dr Knight. A brilliant man who remained stoic when my friend tried to glue him to a chair, his specialism was maths. Twenty years later I can still recite the “fractions rap” he taught us: “If you’re adding or subtracting then sooner or […]
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