In reading your article “Despite a Downturn, Few Men Attracted to Teaching Field” (May 9, 2012), I was left with the impression that the gender imbalance in teaching was a function of choice, that ...
The latest attempt to explain the low status of teachers in this country involves the overwhelming number of women in the field (“Why Don’t More Men Go Into Teaching? ” The New York Times, Sept. 7).
A version of this story ran in the March 2013 issue. A recent headline-grabbing report criticizing Texas public universities for imbalanced teaching of American history—by overly emphasizing issues of ...