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Book of the Month... September 2003 |
THE IMPORTANCE OF MEN TEACHERS:
And Reasons Why There Are So Few
by Bryan G. Nelson
This book reports the findings from the largest national study of men and women's attitude about men working in early and elementary education. It provides details about the history of education, problems men face and the solutions to the low number of men teachers. You also hear from the men and women caring for children and what they believe.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 4% of the teachers in child care (and 1.3% of those in family daycare) are men. Both men and women were interviewed about the reasons men do not work with young children. The three key points are: 1) Men are nurturing and can provide quality care for young children; 2) Wages and working conditions need to improve for all the people who care for our children; and, 3) Children benefit from having men in their lives.
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The Shortage of Men Teachers... Article by Bryan G. Nelson
National Public Radio (NPR) did a show about the shortage of male teachers in elementary schools. It was interesting but the discussion didn't go far enough in explaining the lack of men teachers.
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GUEST ARTICLE... by Glenn Sacks
The Boy Crisis in Education -- and What Can Be Done About It.
Boys have fallen seriously behind girls at all K-12 levels. Girls get better grades than boys and boys are far more likely than girls to be held back, disciplined, suspended, or expelled. By high school the typical boy is a year and a half behind the typical girl in reading and writing, and is less likely to graduate high school, go to college, or graduate college than a typical girl. Boys are four times as likely to receive a diagnosis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder as girls, and the vast majority of learning-disabled students are boys. Nearly nine million prescriptions of Ritalin are written for American children each year, most of them for boys between the ages of six and 12.
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DADS, DON'T FIX YOUR KIDS... NEW monthly column by , M.A
The Vulnerable Father
We don’t like to be vulnerable. Men are strong and capable, not vulnerable. Yet so much of being an effective father is to open up your heart and to be vulnerable. To admit to other men that you’re having a hard time with one of your kids, to admit that you feel lost at times as a father, and to say you screwed up and that you’re sorry to your kids is to be vulnerable.
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COYOTE... monthly column by Dick Prosapio
Hyphenation, a Bridge or a Barrier
I was watching a PBS program recently in which several gay couples were reported to be investing in, and working on a project to re-hab housing for themselves in a low income black community. Among the complaints the residents had was that, "These people have money and are fixing up these houses and we can't afford to do all that kind of fixing."
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JEFF'S LIFE... monthly column by Jeff Stimpson
Trekking
Lately my boys have made me happy as a father.
"Watch 'Star Trek'!" Ned says, right out of their evening bath. "Oh yea, watch 'Star Trek'!" The Next Generation's Enterprise looms across our TV screen and flies into a big blue thing. "It's coming ... it's coming ... it's coming," says Ned, as the ship gets bigger. "Oooooo!"
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Guest Article... in three parts by Donald R. Walker
The Haunted Forest: A Spiritwalk: Part 3
When I was a very young man, perhaps thirty years ago, I wrote a horror novel. Looking back, I realize that it wasn't very good, although I did save some ideas and snippets of characters for later work. I let my father read the manuscript and at the end, when those characters who'd made it through the ordeal had finally put the enemy down and turned to the ruin of their lives to start up again, the book just ended. My father asked "what is their reward?" "They live," I replied. He looked puzzled, then troubled. "After all they've been through, that's it. There's nothing better for them? Their lives just continue as if nothing had happened?"
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