| The percentage of men teachers
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| 2005 BLS Current Population Survey | Total Employed | Men | African American (men & women) | Asian (men & women) | Latino (men & women) |
| Child Care | 1,329,000 | 5.2% | 15.5% | 2.5% | 18.1% |
| Teacher Assistants | 947,000 | 9.1% | 14.1% | 1.8% | 14.0% |
| Preschool & Kindergarten | 719,000 | 2.3% | 14.7% | 3.0% | 10.4% |
| Elementary & Middle School | 2,616,000 | 17.8% | 9.6% | 2.4% | 5.9% |
| Secondary School Teachers | 1,136,000 | 43.2% | 7.3% | 1.1% | 5.2% |
| 2004 BLS Current Population Survey | Total Employed | Men | African American (men & women) | Asian (men & women) | Latino (men & women) |
| Child Care | 1,332,000 | 5.5% | 17.8% | 2.1% | 16.5% |
| Teacher Assistants | 920,000 | 8.4% | 14.6% | 1.8% | 14.3% |
| Preschool & Kindergarten | 656,000 | 1.9% | 15.2% | 2.5% | 8.2% |
| Elementary & Middle School | 2,580,000 | 18.7% | 9.5% | 1.7% | 6.4% |
| Secondary School Teachers | 1,151,000 | 44.7% | 6.6% | 1.5% | 5.2% |
"The percentage of males in teaching has hit a 40-year low, the National Education Association reports, at slightly fewer than one of every four teachers in U.S. public schools.Excerpt. The few. The proud. The male teachers.By JEFFREY S. SOLOCHEK, St. Petersburg Times Staff Writer Published January 12, 2007The vast majority of them teach in middle and high schools.
There is little to no hard evidence that this affects student achievement. Male teachers can be just as good, or as bad, as their female counterparts.
Still, there remains a general sense in some corners that kids should be exposed to both genders as teachers.
The steadily dropping percentage of male teachers unsettles many experts, who see the trend as a signal that teaching holds little esteem as a profession.
Culturally, men are expected to support their families and be respected in the community. Teaching offers neither the high pay nor the high profile.
When it comes to elementary school, considered by many the “nurturing years,” the prospects for attracting men are even lower. The perception among many in society is that there’s something wrong with a man who wants to work with small children.
Some of the same issues that repel men have the same effect on women, whose job options are vastly broader than 50 years ago, when teaching and nursing were the two main professions for women.
I'm exhausted........teaching is exhausting me.........especially the after school art classes. I'm old at 47. I wanted to put together a dozen zippy things about who is teaching. But I can't as I'm going to fall over and the whole table will fall apart at my demise. However I can tell you that I really have some fascinating figures and facts that i need to put out on teaching. Sometimes if I stare at things like this something comes to me from out of the blue. And it's percolating.
Fascinating stats, Sarah, but, sadly, not surprising.
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