Bad economy, more male teachers

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January 27, 2009 at 6:17 am #7520
Bryan G Nelson
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Congrats on starting your Masters in Elementary Education.

And thanks for the information.

During the Depression in 1930s there was an increase in men teacher. In addition, after World War II, because of the GI Bill (money to attend school for soldiers), there was a huge increase – from 14% to almost 45%.

With both the bad economy and soldiers coming back from war – I believe we are going to see a major influx of men to teacher.

What does everyone else think?