CNN.com - Manhunt: Schools try to attract more male teachers - Jul 13, 2005: "If you're looking at what's best for the students, it's important for them to interact with the two sexes,' Telfer said. 'The way men work with kids, there's a difference in style and approach. I think students really benefit from having that mix, because as they get to middle school, they're going to have a whole variety of classes. Men help bridge that.'
As a new academic year approaches, school districts, education groups and universities are exploring ways to get more men into a field long dominated by women. Their goal is to provide more male role models in class and to diversify the labor pool of dedicated teachers.
The proportion of men in teaching today is at its lowest level in 40 years, according to the National Education Association, the country's largest teachers union.
Only 21 percent of teachers in U.S. public schools are men. In early grades, the gender ratio is even more imbalanced -- just 9 percent of elementary school teachers are men."
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