Not exact matches
More than 190 representing both Christian and Jewish denominations received the waivers from the mid-1970s through the late 1990s, seeking permission, for example, to only
hire male teachers for certain positions or to sanction students or employees who had sex outside marriage.
The divide on how to educate fidgety boys: challenge them, let them run around or
hire more
male teachers?
There is a growing body of research, qualitative and quantitative, about the need for more Black
male teachers and the challenges of retaining them once
hired.
I agree that poorly prepared
teachers is one cause of the high dropout rate, but as with most problems, many causes exist, including an anti-intellectual culture that values over-paid athletes and celebrities w / no obvious talent (e.g. Kim Kardashian); parents who think all their
male children will grow up to be Yankees so never put books in the kids» hands; pseudo education reformers who sell a narrative that a first year
teacher is no different from a veteran with a grad degree and thirty years teaching experience, administrators who
hire based on coaching rather than teaching, school boards that cut library programs rather than sports, etc..
According to Deirdre Hargrove - Krieghoff, executive director of human resources, the district has made
teacher recruitment a priority, even setting formal goals for
hiring teachers of color,
male teachers, and
teachers certified in shortage areas.
When about half of the black
male population is unemployed during a time of rapid economic expansion, it's not unreasonable to demand that schools
hire black
teachers.
To get there, we've set smart strategies for
hiring and retaining black
male teachers, starting with the transition of the Fellowship from a volunteer - run organization to one that is led by full - time educators and administrators.
New York City, which has the nation's largest public school system, wants to
hire 1,000 black, Latino and Asian
male teachers by 2017 to create a teaching corps that more closely matches the student body.
on The divide on how to educate fidgety boys: challenge them, let them run around or
hire more
male teachers?