{"id":48702,"date":"2026-09-24T05:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T05:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bondahx.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/24\/fewer-male-teachers-more-baby-slop\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T05:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T05:28:12","slug":"fewer-male-teachers-more-baby-slop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bondahx.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/24\/fewer-male-teachers-more-baby-slop\/","title":{"rendered":"Fewer Male Teachers, More Baby Slop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"body-xl mb-4 whitespace-pre-wrap\">A monkey plays a keyboard with a drumstick, and nobody stops to ask if that is really how one works. A male teacher walks into a school and someone decides he must be the gym coach before he says a word. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"title-large mb-4\">A Shrinking Share of Male Teachers<\/h2>\n<p class=\"body-xl mb-4 whitespace-pre-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/author\/ed-finkel\" class=\"text-(--primary-500) hover:underline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong class=\"font-bold\">Ed Finkel<\/strong><\/a> spoke with men across the country about why they went into teaching, and why so many eventually leave. He looked at a new survey of the profession and heard from teachers who described walking into a building and facing assumptions about who they must be before they said a word. Finkel wanted to know what is pulling men away from the classroom, and what a school might do differently to keep them there.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"title-large mb-4\">When AI Gets the Basics Wrong<\/h2>\n<p class=\"body-xl mb-4 whitespace-pre-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/author\/adam-stone\" class=\"text-(--primary-500) hover:underline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong class=\"font-bold\">Adam Stone<\/strong><\/a> went looking at what is now called baby slop, the wave of AI generated videos aimed at toddlers and preschoolers. He found channels posting thousands of these videos in a matter of months, and some of that content shows scenes that do not line up with how the world actually works. Stone wanted to know what that content is doing to kids who are still learning to tell the difference between what is real and what is not.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-xl mb-4 whitespace-pre-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/news\/this-week-with-edsurge\" class=\"text-(--primary-500) hover:underline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Listen to the Episode<\/a>: <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-xl mb-4 whitespace-pre-wrap\"><strong class=\"font-bold\">Stories Mentioned in This Episode<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-xl mb-4 whitespace-pre-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edsurge.com\/news\/as-male-teachers-vanish-from-the-classroom-schools-look-for-ways-to-bring-them-back\" class=\"text-(--primary-500) hover:underline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">As Male Teachers Vanish From the Classroom, Schools Look for Ways to Bring Them Back<\/a> by Ed Finkel<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-xl mb-4 whitespace-pre-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/news\/ai-videos-are-warping-early-learning-teachers-say-heres-how-theyre-responding\" class=\"text-(--primary-500) hover:underline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AI Videos Are Warping Early Learning, Teachers Say. 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