Do Male Teachers Matter to Boys’ Education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21286910 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Clare Suter (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 716 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 129-140 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00027162261429523 |
| OpenAlex | W7161415939 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 41 |
Boys, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, increasingly trail their female peers across key educational and economic milestones. One long-proposed policy intervention aimed at ameliorating this inequity is to increase the share of male teachers, especially in earlier grades where men comprise just a small fraction of the teaching workforce. I review the theoretical rationale for this policy approach and the empirical evidence on how teacher gender affects student outcomes. Male teachers could benefit boys in at least two ways: They could serve as same-gender role models, or they could employ distinct pedagogical or disciplinary approaches that are helpful to boys. The causal evidence supporting either of these ideas is mixed. Some studies find modest positive effects of same-gender teachers on grades and test scores, but others detect no benefits, and research on long-term outcomes is largely absent. I conclude by identifying potential directions for future research on the topic
Disadvantaged · Discipline · Educational research · Empirical evidence · Intervention (counseling) · Test (biology) · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · School Choice and Performance
Do Faculty Serve as Role Models? The Impact of Instructor Gender on Female Students
Estimating Teacher Impacts on Student Achievement
The Trouble with Boys
Mentoring in Schools
Teachers and the Gender Gaps in Student Achievement
Does Mentoring Work?
The Long-Run Impacts of Same-Race Teachers
Family Disadvantage and the Gender Gap in Behavioral and Educational Outcomes
Thinking, Fast and Slow? Some Field Experiments to Reduce Crime and Dropout in Chicago
Where the boys aren't
Measuring the Impacts of Teachers I
Exposure to Same-Race Teachers and Student Disciplinary Outcomes for Black Students in North Carolina
Measuring the Impacts of Teachers II
Do gender stereotypes reduce girls' or boys' human capital outcomes? Evidence from a natural experiment
Race and Economic Opportunity in the United States
Sex and Science
Gender Differences in Completed Schooling
What Do Test Scores Miss? The Importance of Teacher Effects on Non–Test Score Outcomes
The Discipline Stop”
Teacher-Student Race Match and Identification for Discretionary Educational Services
School Context and the Gender Gap in Educational Achievement
The Homecoming of American College Women
Early Childhood Behavior Problems and the Gender Gap in Educational Attainment in the United States
The Causal Effects of Father Absence
Social and behavioral skills and the gender gap in early educational achievement
| Citations per year | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |