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MenTeach – New England meets with Dr. Eli Newberger, MD
MenTeach New England met for our Fall meeting in early October 2011 at Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA. We shared stories and resources and everyone had a chance to participate. We were very lucky to have Eli Newberger, MD author and expert on boys development. He talked about his book: The Men They Will Become and shared […]
Read MoreWhere Are the Men? Promoting Gender Diversity in the Massachusetts Early Childhood Workforce
A group from the 2008 Community Advocates for Young Learners (CAYL) has developed a policy brief about men teachers. It is the first of it’s kind in Massachusett’s and offers ideas about the importance of gender diversity in education. CAYL is directed by Valora Washington, PhD. You can download the document as a PDF file at the […]
Read MoreStudent Perspective: Benefits to being a man in a female-dominated teaching position
Perhaps those who are surprised think it strange for a man to be going into teaching young children. That is valid, as there are not many male teachers. But the idea that men are not as suited for teaching as women is a cop-out. I find this notion similar to the expectation that female doctors […]
Read MoreJon Hamm (TV Actor) Talks About The Lack Of Positive Male Role Models
Get ready to fall even more in love with Jon Hamm. Seriously. There are new levels of adoration for this man and we’re about to discover them together. Hamm was recently a speaker at the Rape Treatment Center benefit brunch in Beverly Hills where he spoke about his pre-Mad Men employment history — which we […]
Read MoreMale Call: Recruiting More Men to Teach Elementary School
Public schools are searching for a few good men — male teachers, that is. Men accounted for less than one-fourth of all teachers in 2006, according to statistics released recently by the National Education Association (NEA), and there is little indication of that figure changing anytime soon. Although education has historically been a predominantly female […]
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