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Male teachers find themselves outnumbered but not out of place in area school systems
The green rubber ball with 50 flimsy tentacles is tossed between the half-dozen students. Everyone is silent except the 6-foot 7-inch giant towering over them. It’s called silent ball. Their teacher is known for it, and for turning “hell raisers” around. Getting their grades up. Improving their academic focus. He’s like a father — or […]
Read MoreEditorial: A Creative Student Report About Male Teachers
One of the great things about having this website is meeting all the interesting men and women throughout the world. And often, I hear from students who are doing a paper, presentation or report for a university class. Recently, one student, Peter O’Reilly at Dominican University of California, posted a question in the MenTeach Forum and also ordered […]
Read MoreWorking Forum 2007 – Men in Early Care and Education (MECE)
We have come such a long way in the two years since the Men in the Lives of Young Children session generated “a great deal of interest” among delegates to the 2005 World Forum Montreal. When an early attempt to assemble a WF MECE in 2006 fell through, representatives of the World Forum Foundation, MenTeach.org, […]
Read MoreIf a woman can drive a tank in Baghdad, why can’t a man change a diaper in Boston?
I am an Early Care and Education professional currently serving as the Program Coordinator at the Ipswich Birth To Three Family Center, one of the 42 sites of the Massachusetts Family Network (MFN). I am also a former Schott Foundation Fellow (2006). The CCDF Plan for 2008-2009 is a rich document that makes clear the […]
Read MoreTeacher of Year educates as he entertains his class
To his students, Michael B. Flynn is a one-man carnival who uses funny voices and camcorders to bring life to spelling and subtraction. To his peers, he is a blazing young teacher with a zeal for reforming the way educators teach math. These two sides, colleagues say, propelled the 32-year-old teacher at Norris Elementary School […]
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