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Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Black Men in the Classroom
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Another note from my visit to Jolly Elementary School in Clarkston: all three fifth-grade teachers were men and two of the three fouth-grade teachers were, as well as one third-grade teacher. Five of the six men were African-American.
I have heard about the dearth of men in the elementary school teacher ranks, so I asked Principal Euna McGruder where she found them. “I just recruited them,” she said. “They’re out there.”
She said she made hiring men a priority after working as an assistant principal in a high school. McGruder saw problems in her students that seemed to be the result, at least in part, of an absence of male role models.
Surfing around, I found this program, Call Me Mister, which attempts to get more black men in South Carolina classrooms.
Should recruiting more men to the classroom be a priority? Any ideas on how to do it?
On another note, last week our air conditioning was out at the office, and the heat fried my brain. I deleted two important e-mails by accident. One was from a gentleman who wanted to get $50 to Rose (see post below). Of course, I want to help facilitate that, but I needed to think about how best to do it and now I see that I deleted the e-mail!!! If you are that person, please e-mail me again.
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