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University of Arkansas – Pine Bluff aids teacher recruitment
Eight high school students — all male — will start taking teacher-preparation courses at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff this month in an effort to raise the racial and ethnic diversity of teachers nationwide. The teens are a part of Project Pipeline Repair, a three-year initiative funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and administered […]
Read MoreAustralian childcare worker changing attitudes about male educators
Blake Stewart is slowly starting to shift perceptions about men working in childcare. In the process the 24-year-old has become a positive role model for many children from St Luke’s Preschool in Dapto. But it hasn’t been easy for Mr Stewart, who received a bit of backlash from parents and other workers at the start […]
Read MoreWhat it’s like to be one of the few black teachers in Wales
Four decades after getting its first black head teacher Wales is now thought to have none. And across the country just 59 of our 36,182 teachers are black. Figures from the Education Workforce Council show none of Wales’ 1,458 head teachers identify as black and just five are Asian, British Asian, or mixed race. A […]
Read MoreMenTeach E-News – December 2017
MenTeach E-News December 2017 1) ‘Young Black Men [Should] See Black Men in Front of Them’ — This Detroit Teacher 2) Why we need more men to become primary teachers in the United Kingdom 3) Being a male teacher was my dream – until I was falsely accused 4) Male teacher shortage leaving Australian boys […]
Read MoreNew York City continues to seek men of color to teach in schools
Dexter Hannibal is a first-year teacher at Brooklyn Democracy Academy, a high school in Brownsville for students who’ve fallen behind. Sixty percent are boys of color. “It’s important for them to be able to see someone who looks like them and maybe has some of the shared life experiences they’ve had,” Hannibal said. “For most […]
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