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Part Silly Adult, Human Monkey Bar; All Kindergarten
Gerald Neff sits on a kindergartner-size table at the front of his classroom on a recent morning and welcomes his class to a new day. “Morning Georgia! You’re wearing a dress. Are you getting married today?” he asks a youngster in a blue frock and pink leggings. “Hey Miles, does your ear still hurt?” he […]
Read MorePride and Passion – Men Teachers Graduating
[MenTeach: Dr. Jill has been working to increase and retain men in her education program.] The month of May evokes in me a sense of pride and a renewed passion for the profession of teaching. Perhaps it is due in part to the end of the year activities, or the pomp and circumstance of graduation, […]
Read MoreThe remarks of Donovan Livingston at Harvard
“Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, Is a great equalizer of the conditions of men.” – Horace Mann, 1848. At the time of his remarks I couldn’t read — couldn’t write. Any attempt to do so, punishable by death. For generations we have known of knowledge’s infinite power. Yet somehow, we’ve never […]
Read MoreWhy let the facts get in the way of a good story? Women will always be blamed for boys’ underachievement
Society piles up all its ills at their door — and then buggers off on a cheap holiday in term time. And female teachers, it seems, are the devil’s work. A report published by the Higher Education Policy Institute last week came with the grim warning that girls born this year would be 75 per […]
Read MoreThe importance of male teachers
My daughter Avery’s grade five teacher is a bit of an anomaly. Students build different models of paper airplanes to test hang time during the unit on aerodynamics. The kids help choose and order school supplies as an exercise in budgeting and mathematics. And, when learning about democracy in social studies, they put the concept […]
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