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Heading upwards: Women rule school
The glass ceiling has been well and truly smashed in schools, with women now outnumbering men in the top job for the first time. Of Victoria’s 1587 government school principals, 50.9 per cent are female compared with only 18.3 per cent in 1991. But as the trend for women in leadership roles grows, the number […]
Read MoreMen helping children during disasters
I came home at noon on Friday, August 29, to find a message that I should call about a possible assignment as a volunteer for Children’s Disaster Services to provide child care for victims of Hurricane Gustav in Louisiana. I said yes. Two days later I flew to Alexandria, Louisiana, and began my adventures. The […]
Read MoreFew male teachers, but does it matter?
When Gregg Brain first considered a career in teaching, he thought he would spend his days where he found so many of his own mentors — in a high school gymnasium. On a recent morning, Brain prepared for the school year in a very different environment — a classroom filled with coat hooks hung low […]
Read MorePrimary principals seek more real men
Many primary school principals believe male primary teachers should be heterosexual, rugby-playing “real men” if they want to be good role models, new research has found. One respondent in the study – being published in international journal Gender and Education – referred to the “limp” handshakes of two male teachers who appeared ineffectual and wussy […]
Read MoreA group where gender is a value and not an issue
I do want to share that Maggie Carter and local directors established a “conversations in the garden” last summer in response to their feeling that everything directors did in trying to make children’s experiences better in the face of the external demands was too hard. The group felt they were continually climbing a sand hill. […]
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