Monthly Archives: March 2009
Graduate Schools of Education: “Cash Cows” says Harvard lecturer
How did we get to a place where some magazine hijacked our teacher education system?! Continue reading
Filed under In The News
Movie Review: ‘The Class’: Finally, a teacher movie that gets it
A teacher’s review of the French film, The Class. Continue reading
Filed under Essays, Movie Reviews
Book Excerpt: This ain’t Hollywood
Resist the urge to imagine yourself as some altruistic superteacher come to save the lives of hardened inner-city kids. They don’t want to be saved by you, alright? Or at least not in the way that you’re imagining, or that Hollywood seems to insist upon. Continue reading
Filed under Book Excerpts
Like what you see so far?
Then why not email our site to your friends? Or make a note of the site in your next school newsletter? Or make this site your Facebook status? Or, even better, contribute. We’d love to get your thoughts on your … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
News Teachers Can Use for March 28th (and a story from Cape Town)
Compiled by JESSE SCACCIA Well, hello hello hello. Before I get to the links to interesting education-related articles, a quick story. Right now I’m a full-time volunteer tutor/mentor at a home for young men in Cape Town, South Africa. Last … Continue reading
Filed under In The News, Uncategorized
If I get all A’s, can I get a lap dance?
An account of a bizarre conversation that I had with a student recently—this one goes a little beyond “kids these days.” Continue reading
Filed under Classroom Reflections
Teaching with Depression: Is There Any Way Out?
Its a horrible catch-22: being a teacher you’re not allowed to be depressed, but the emotional output required by the job makes you more likely to be depressed. Continue reading
Filed under Essays
Dispatches From A Second Year Teacher: The three words every teacher hates to hear
Part one of a series of dispatches from a second year middle school teacher in Oakland, California. Continue reading
Filed under Classroom Reflections
Standardized Tests: Inadvertently Or Not, They Are Racist
Yes, standardized testing might not be racist. But it sure is classist. Continue reading
Filed under In The News
Do small schools lie to their students?
If you missed it, the East Bay Express recently published a fairly damning article by Rachel Swan on the small schools movement.
As a fifth year teacher who has spent his entire career in small schools—two years in New York City, and three in Hayward—I feel compelled to respond. Continue reading
Filed under In The News
