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saved by2 people, first byairbeagle on 2007-11-25, last bySarah Puglisi on 2008-03-31

• He doesn't really mind being a man in a profession dominated by women -- but he's a bit sensitive when anyone refers to his job or his classroom as "cute."
  • on 2007-11-25 Airbeagle
    And sometimes they don't think your classroom is "cute" enough.

• The small number of male teachers, especially at the elementary school level, "is a problem in the same way we don't have enough minority teachers for kids to connect with," said Jeanne Harmon, executive director of the non-profit Center for Strengthening the Teaching Profession.

  
  

  "It's a big problem when kids don't see themselves reflected in the teaching staff."

  • on 2007-11-25 Airbeagle
    They say this, but when it comes time to hire, districts usually pick the 20-something female for K-5 jobs.
• At one of his first jobs in New York, male teachers were expected to keep the door to their classrooms open at all times -- an unwritten policy that didn't apply to female teachers.
  • on 2007-11-25 Airbeagle
    And there it is, buried deep in the story, the unsaid, the unacknowledged elephant in the room.