The fate of boys “is a defining issue of our time”, according to the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, as she calls for more men to become teachers to combat “toxic” behaviours.
since 2010 the number of teachers in our schools has increased by 28,000 – but just 533 of those are men
Do you think this is an issue? Decades ago, boys would have been taught by male teachers, so today’s female teachers are a change from the past.
Many of my friends (both men and women) that were teachers have changed careers over the past decade. The stress of the job is apparently vastly disproportionate to the compensation and many are pushed far past breaking point.
I think the problem is more that teachers are receiving a fraction of what they should if we want to keep the best ones in that field, and we don’t have enough of them in general. These modern large class sizes to gloss over the staffing issues, are a big part of the problem IMO, it’s a lot easier for kids to fall through the cracks in a bigger group before thinking about the teachers being overworked.
There being better male role models is the responsibility of all of us.
Same story here.
Teachers want to teach but what they’re asked to achieve is impossible without working 60-70 hour weeks.
And when people talk about all the holiday they receive: all the teachers I know use that time to crash, become ill, recover, and then they’re back to work.