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Entirely Secondary: Good Teaching Does Not Compute

It's tough to quantify excellence but there are no shortage of attempts to try.
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Entirely Secondary: The Subject of Behavior

Should grades be used to control behavior?
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Entirely Secondary: The Fart-Free Classroom

Our protagonist attempts, with partial success, to quell distractions during a reading…
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Entirely Secondary: YOU Can Change Schools

"When you get that visitor badge at the Principal’s Office think of it as a ticket to save our…
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Entirely Secondary: Textbooks Too Much Like Frozen Dinners

Expertly packaged, bland, nutritious . . . (with the) . . . mashed potatoes, peas & carrots,…
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Entirely Secondary: Excitement Should Trump Equity In…

The system tries to make sure all students get equal educations, but that doesn't happen, so…
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Give Students 'A' For Effort, Not 'F' For Misspelling

Encourage self-expression says this English teacher.
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Teachers Use Wrong Way To Teach Writing

Sure, students make spelling or grammar errors. But let them write -- and learn through…
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Columnist Dreams Of Ideal High School Principal

Someone who ducks meetings, greets hundreds of students by name and knows when the lawn needs…
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Newtown Makes Teacher Wonder How To Handle Loners

Patch's education columnist says every year he has students who are deeply withdrawn. Is it…
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Pre-Planned Classroom Inspections Cheat Kids

Agreeing in advance to which classes will be surveyed dilute any chance of making teachers…
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Entirely Secondary: New Column Invites You Inside Our Public…

San Leandro High School English teacher Jerry Heverly invites you into education-land -- if…
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Columnist Campaigns For High School Post

If elected Jerry Heverly will serve . . . but he needs the votes of his fellow teachers.
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Of Mice And Men And Students Who Don't Read

Though he's flogged them and he's flayed them, by the living God that made them, Jerry Heverly…
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Teach Joy of Reading Over Rules of Grammar

San Leandro High English teacher says opening students' minds to the world beyond their iPods…
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Let's Stratify Students By Athletic Ability

We put students on "tracks" for math, science and English. Consider the benefits of doing the…
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Secrets Of A 'Back To School Night' Rebel

But the parent who most need to know them will probably never learn.
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School Administrators Don't 'Supervise' Teachers

Our Patch columnist, who favors teacher autonomy, says the system doesn't provide true…
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To Snitch Is Noble, To Cower Is A Crime

A class on Shakespeare prompts a San Leandro English teacher's tirade about the need to hold…
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Teacher Says Down Time Can Be Best Class Time

Patch's education columnist says teachers are measured minute by minute but learning isn't…
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Let's Get Rid Of Bad Teachers

How? The devil is in the details. Do you have a way to find and fire bad teachers? Tell us in…
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Sequestration Is A Non Issue For San Leandro Public Schools

But 'No Child Left Behind' mandates could upend the school district next year. So why is…
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Students Need Lead In Their Pencils

Bringing pencils, pens and other classroom supplies is a small but important investment in the…
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San Leandro Adult School Wins Recognition for ESL Program

The Adult School received two awards from an adult education nonprofit group: for its program…
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Cindy Cathey Has Been Good School Leader, Will Be Tough To…

Patch education columnist praises San Leandro's outgoing superintendent, looks at the process…
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Obama Plan Changes Education To The Core

Poll: Like Bush's No Child Left Behind, new Common Core State Standards will impact public…
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By Their Behavior Some 9th Graders Say: We Don't Need No…

Is this a battle worth fighting, Patch's teacher-columnist asks in a second installment on the…
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Teaching Skill Is Subjective, Not Easily Measurable

Our education columnist cites twins who had the same history teacher -- one loved, the other…
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Are Public High Schools Diploma Mills?

Our edu-columnist asks whether we make it too easy to get the degree and thus make it less…
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Jerry Brown's 'Robin Hood' Plan For School Finance Reform

Patch's education columnist likes the idea of transferring money from wealthier districts to…
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