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Looking for a few good men
Male teachers are rare in U.S. elementary schools Most children go through elementary school under the charge of few if any male teachers, and local educators don’t like it. Historically, the number of female schoolteachers has overshadowed the number of male schoolteachers. In fact, the numbers aren’t even close. The National Education Association says the […]
Read MoreIncluding Men in Early Childhood Education: Insights from the European Experience
Abstract: The European Commission Network on Childcare introduced gender as an issue in early childhood services in Europe. In 1996 the Network set a target of 20% male workers in childcare that had to be reached by 2006. Several campaigns and interesting initiatives were set up and were successful in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the UK […]
Read MoreMale Teachers Wanted
Male teachers are on the decline, and needed more than ever in our local elementary schools. According to the National Education Association the number of male school teachers is hovering at a forty year low. And locally numbers are even lower then that. Superintendent Chuck Shackett of District 93, he says in grades kindergarten through […]
Read MoreThe First Day of “The Great Expectations School”
Each year, millions of teachers and students across the country head into the classroom. Meanwhile, Congress is discussing the reauthorization of the controversial No Child Left Behind legislation. The following excerpt from my new rookie teacher memoir, The Great Expectations School, chronicles my turbulent first day leading a fourth grade class at the Bronx’s P.S. […]
Read MorePrejudice against male teachers
I had to laugh in frustration at the recent article by Corinne Hess on why more men don’t teach in schools. I’m a elementary substitute teacher with a master’s degree in education, who in 2002 switched from working in the business world for more than 14 years and went back to school to get my […]
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