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The proportion of male teachers has plummeted. Could it be because women have more job options?


(Illustration / Isabelle Arsenault) Illustration / Isabelle Arsenault
By Alison Lobron
August 28, 2005

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A good man is hard to find, says the adage, and, in the teaching profession, it keeps getting harder. According to the US Department of Education, the percentage of American teachers who are men is at a 40-year low. (Full article: 749 words)

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