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In this article in the Telegraph, the reporter suggests a reason behind the widening gender gaps recently revealed in national testing in the U.K.: a paucity of male teachers in primary schools: Data from the General Teaching Council for England shows that some 27 per cent of primaries - 4,569 - a... Read Full Post >
The figures wouldn't look any different in this country. Read Full Post >
That's a good cause to be taken up by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, especially considering that only two percent of the nation's teacher are black males. As a broader solution, however, that cause has limitations. I've seen where boosting black male education leadership can help with graduation... Read Full Post >
That was a joke back in the days when I was on the launch/startup of USA Today, which loved, and I mean loved, to call trends. Thanks for Jonathan Wolfer for spotting this article from Denver on male elementary school teachers. At first, I thought I skimmed the article too quickly, looking for the ... Read Full Post >
They're right. But solving this issue goes way beyond getting more black teachers into the classroom. Read Full Post >
No, answers this British headmaster, who argues that a lack of male role models in schools causes boys to lose interest in academics. I think the problem goes well beyond a lack of male role models. Twenty five years ago, when boys were doing fine in school, elementary schools were just as dominate... Read Full Post >
That's the conclusion of this British study. I have not seen any studies in this country reaching that conclusion. What's interesting about this study is that both girls and boys did better when taught by teachers. Read Full Post >
Another example of the "boy troubles" being a bigger issue in Britain than in the United States, despite the fact the gender gaps are roughly the same. This kind of coverage of the issue appears regularly in the British press. Read Full Post >
...Is there a parallel, as most dog trainers are female and most teachers are female? That might strike you reading this column. From the column: I think the most unexpected but significant problem of male underrepresentation in dog training and rescue work is lack of dog socialization to men. Th... Read Full Post >
Education Secretary Arne Duncan, along with his entire department, continues to ignore the school gender gaps. As far as I know, there's no research in the pipeline regarding either the gap or "solutions" such as single-sex classrooms. Now, however, Duncan has picked a "solution" without even mentio... Read Full Post >
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