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A Poetry Slam poem about teaching
MenTeach: Every year there is a National Poetry Slam in the United States. It is where individuals and teams compete performing their poems. It’s not the poetry of your childhood. It’s live, active and quite exciting to see. Be warned that the content may have objectionable words and gestures: Taylor Mali on teachers
Read MorePhiladelphia grooms future teachers at Parkway West High School
Leon Sullivan’s teaching internship at Parkway West’s Urban Education Academy has taught him many lessons. Among them: “You’ve got to be patient and understanding. You can’t let what they say get to you. You’ve got to be willing to go back over some things. (And) when kids act a certain type of way, you don’t […]
Read MoreLetter from Office of Civil Rights on Male Discrimination in Hiring
(Name deleted for privacy) I am writing in response to your July 23, 2010 email correspondence (attached) to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education (Department) which was referred the Department’s Office for Civil Rights’ (OCR) Customer Service and Technology Team for reply. In your correspondence, you stated that you had tried to get […]
Read MoreMen who change nappies change the world!
[MenTeach: This article is published on ChildForum.com, a updated site hosted by Dr Sarah-Eve Farquhar. Dr. Farquhar, who lives and works in New Zealand, has been a pioneer in researching the importance and challenges facing male teachers. You can join her site by linking here. Great job Sarah!] I remember working (we call it teaching now) with […]
Read MoreWhere have all the teachers of color gone?
It’s 11:05 a.m. and 28 students at Fulton Elementary School in Germantown quietly file into Christopher Wright’s 6th grade math class. After taking their seats, they dive into their daily series of equations on the blackboard. After making his way around the room checking each student’s progress, he asks for the answers. Hands shoot up, […]
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