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Don’s Column: The Power of One
Past references in this column to early childhood education’s unflinching acceptance of the shortage of male educators as a back burner issue were born out yet again at the 2004 National Association for the Education of Young Children’s (NAEYC) national conference in Anaheim, California. Given the limited number of male attendees at the event, the […]
Read MoreMenTeach E-News – September 2014
MenTeach E-News September 2014 1) Column: The Power of One 2) Wichita State University’s online survey 3) MenTeach – New England Annual Fall Meeting 4) MenTeach New England continues its work 5) More men seeking ‘manny’ work due to lousy economy 6) Gentlemen, Preschool Is Calling 7) Why Don’t More Men Go Into Teaching? 8) […]
Read MoreWhen was the last time you encountered a male teacher? Apparently, not soon enough
Boys will rarely if ever encounter a male teacher until they reach high school, a fact lamented by many both because teacher’s serve as important role models and because the lack of gender diversity tends to turn the profession into a prestige ghetto. “We have so very, very, very, very few men,” Sherry Cleary, executive […]
Read MoreBook on lack of black male teachers released
former Suffolk school principal and her husband have co-authored a book, along with another colleague, about the shortage of black male teachers in America. Dr. Veleka Gatling, who was principal at Elephant’s Fork Elementary School for five years before leaving in 2012 and now works in Virginia Beach Public Schools, and her husband Perez Gatling, […]
Read MoreVery Few Jobs Besides Teaching Offer This Much Reward
I would imagine that the lack of male teachers has long standing, structural causes. Teaching is not, after all, the only historically female profession that remains so. But if that is the case it’s a shame, since elementary classrooms have a lot to offer in career opportunity for men. Even when the tasks themselves are […]
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