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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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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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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Patch's education columnist says every year he has students who are deeply withdrawn.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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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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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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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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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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Give Students 'A' For Effort, Not 'F' For Misspelling

Encourage self-expression says this English teacher.
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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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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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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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When School Discipline Becomes Counterproductive

A student on the cusp of getting truly interested in learning ran afoul of a sensible rule,…
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'Valentines' From Students: Good Teachers May Not Be Great…

Our education columnist would settle for that on his gravestone as he reviews Valentines and…
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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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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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What Happens In Vegas . . . Shouldn't Stay In Vegas

Our education columnist hopes that the teaching tricks he learned at a conference in Las Vegas…
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Teacher Asks: Is School Choice A Form Of 'Segregation'

When parents enroll their kids in a specific school is that a type of 'affirmative action'…
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Why Are Our Public Schools Failing?

There is plenty of blame to go around. So where are the solutions?
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Iconoclastic Teacher Meets His Constructivist Ilk

Constructivism is a fancy term for hands-on teaching. It's great for math & science. But how…
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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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Bag Of Chips Provokes Shouting Match In Class

Quiet students abhor such disturbances; disaffected kids willfully defy rules; teachers should…
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Do The Math: You Can't Measure Learning or Teaching

Our teacher-columnist says numbers don't tell the tale -- just provoke debate.
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Teacher Wonders Why Asian Students Tend To Get Best Grades

Patch columnist says most parents support teachers and push their kids to perform so why do…
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A Veteran Teacher Discloses His Pay, Pension

Public school teacher and Patch columnist asks the Goldilocks question: is it too much, too…
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Teacher Is Madder Than Hell And Ain't Gonna Test Kids…

Our education columnist wants to foment a rebellion against the federally mandated Common Core…
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'No Child Left Behind' Is A 'Great Leap Forward'

But Patch education columnist Jerry Heverly doesn't say that as if it's a good thing.
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'Bad' Students Disrupt Class, But Belong In School

Even if the undermine the good order of the classroom who has the wisdom to exclude them or to…
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