Yet only around 3 percent of kindergarten teachers are men. Many studies show that older boys benefit from having male teachers ... say is a crucial starting point for academic success.

More than half of British primary schools (55 per cent) have no ethnic minority teaching staff and 30 per cent do not have male teachers in ... from an ethnic minority background last year ...

University students studying science and business are more likely to rate male teachers above female ones, but there is no similar bias ... from an English-speaking background was more than ...