The Missing Male Teacher

School districts and teacher preparation programs should collaborate more and schools should promote gender equality and social justice to help alleviate the lack of male teachers in U.S. public schools according to a new Education Policy Brief from the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy (CEEP) at Indiana University. The study called "The Status of Male Teachers in Public Education Today" by Shaun P. Johnson, a graduate research assistant at CEEP, concludes that the lowest percentage of male teachers in decades—only 1 in 10 elementary school teachers is a man—is a threat to gender equality, social justice, and other democratic values. Johnson speaks about his findings in this short video.

The full policy brief is available at:

http://ceep.indiana.edu/projects/PDF/PB_V6N4_Winter_2008_EPB.pdf

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Education
• gender
• equality
• social
• justice
• values
• teachers
• boys
• crisis

[proudguy]

When my wife and I are walking street, she will stop and say to a parent "What a cute girl/boy". She waves and grins at toddlers she has never met before. I am afraid to do these things as my intentions would be misinterpreted.

Similarly, I tend to avoid any suggestions of me babysitting as it is an awkward issue. My wife says it seems wrong for any man to change a diaper of a child that is not his own.

Men stay away from kids to stay out of trouble. This was not prevalent 30 years ago.

[Chevrobert]

Great video. We deserately need more male teachers in elementary education. Young boys are suffering without male role models.

[Quakeinc14]

Any man who decides he's going to teach in our current feminized social education system? Is just asking for a student to accuse him of harassment, sexual assault, violence, profanity, abuse ect. All I can say is good luck and hope you succeed in all of your pending future lawsuit battles.

[CHRLPTRSN]

@proudguy I worked in a nursery once (I'm a guy) and it's not always like that. The mostly female workers there were more than happy to have some men around, and the childrens' (especially the boys') parents even more so.

On the other hand, I also have a mate who was not allowed to be alone with a kid who's diaper needed changing, so he promptly turned over the kid, said, "You change it, then." and left.

Point being not everyone thinks like that, luckily - though you do have a point.

[DartmouthAlum96]

Men who apply for K-8 teaching positions are automatically assumed to be latent sex criminals.

Men are, in most cases, accepted as teachers at high schools because that's where students need instruction in upper-level maths and science courses. And, despite what the shrill feminists would like you to believe, men do out perform women (by a wide margin) in math and science subjects.

[roharatube]

There are no "subtle" systems or factors in place that discourage men from getting into teaching in primary education. There has been a hateful war being waged against men and boys in our education system for decades now. Every man who wants to work with kids is deemed a pervert from the start and this is deliberate. Google "The Marvelous Mr. Murphy and Other Anecdotes From My Education" and read the article to understand.

[alansjf33]

I meant to say that it frustrates the men who work in the schools.

[alansjf33]

The woman in the elementary schools have forced men out of schools the same way that woman are forced out of the board rooms. That coupled with the rampant accusations that endanger your career and livelihood, is what keeps men away from teaching at elementary level. I have found that the woman in the schools do not want the men they do have to show any aggression in discipline and this frustrates men woodwork in these schools. Many end up quitting from what I see.

[hsuehhs1]

I think its important for kids to have male teachers. Because them Father figure they can look up to. and for students who have no Father they can used to fill up that that Father gap.

[JohnnyRock2000]

It's not so hard and not hidden by subtleties either. When it becomes 95%. In Canada, teachers are one of the highest paid professions 45K to 75K, awesome bend-at-the-knees benefits, pensions and guaranteed employment. Did I mention 2 to 3 months holiday per year! They got it by striking decades ago, realizing that the public NEEDS them as babysitters and will pay. Men don't join because they are looked at as pedophiles or chicken hawks. Chicks like to work with chicks. Men don't fit.