MEN Endorse First Federal Legislation to Bring More Men Into Teaching
Press Release - The Male Educator Network and Policy Institute (MEN), and the American Institute for Boys and Men (AIBM) endorse Sen. Mark Kelly's Educators for America Act and Building Community in America Act, aimed at rebuilding the pipeline of men into classrooms and communities.
Colleges Are Losing Young Men. What Brings Them Back?
MEN Founding President Curtis Valentine joined Sen. Bill Cassidy and North American Interfraternity Conference CEO Judson Horras at the Symposium on Young American Men in Washington, D.C., to discuss why fewer young men are enrolling in and completing college. Valentine emphasized the role male mentors and educators play in helping young men see their potential and feel that they belong, and proposed free college tuition for men pursuing careers in teaching or coaching.
EdSurge Podcast: The Cost of Unchecked Assumptions: Fewer Male Teachers
On This Week with EdSurge, reporter Ed Finkel discusses his reporting on the decline of men in the teaching profession, drawing on MEN's new survey of male educators, conducted with the American Institute for Boys and Men and NORC at the University of Chicago. The episode explores what draws men into the classroom, the stereotypes they face once they arrive, and what schools can do to keep them there.
As Male Teachers Vanish From the Classroom, Schools Look for Ways to Bring Them Back
Ed Finkel at EdSurge examines why so few men enter and remain in teaching, drawing on new research and interviews with male educators about the role of mentorship, workplace belonging, compensation and professional pathways in bringing more men into the classroom.
MEN President Joins Inaugural Meeting of Virginia’s Boys and Men Advisory Commission
MEN President Curtis Valentine took part in the inaugural meeting of the Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission on July 20th, the first permanent state-level body of its kind in the nation, convened to address the widening gaps facing boys and men in education, health, and economic opportunity across the Commonwealth.
MEN Endorse First Federal Legislation to Bring More Men Into Teaching
Press Release - The Male Educator Network and Policy Institute (MEN), and the American Institute for Boys and Men (AIBM) endorse Sen. Mark Kelly's Educators for America Act and Building Community in America Act, aimed at rebuilding the pipeline of men into classrooms and communities.
A New Group Looks for Ways to Draw Men Into Teaching
Education Week - Curtis Valentine speaks with Education Week about why men are leaving teaching and what the newly launched Male Educator Network & Policy Institute is doing to bring them back.
