Biggest reason is the "evil, white male" syndrome. As a male elementary school teacher, the best advice I was ever given was "join the Union, you will want it when you are sued." As a woman, you are expected to be nurturing. read more
Biggest reason is the "evil, white male" syndrome. As a male elementary school teacher, the best advice I was ever given was "join the Union, you will want it when you are sued." As a woman, you are expected to be nurturing. As a guy, people wonder why you are. read more
There were no statistics for grades K-3, but in 2011, the most recent year for which there are data, only slightly more than 2 percent of kindergarten and preschool teachers were male. read more
With so few men currently in teaching, other men may be less inclined to view it as a desirable option. “It will be less and less in their head that this is an occupation for males,” said Richard M. Ingersoll, a professor of education and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania who has analyzed education department data on the demographics of teaching. read more