Monthly Archives: September 2009
Reflections on Urban School Teaching: The Three E’s – Entitlement, Equity, and Education
A teacher for social justice reflects on issues of equity in public schools. Continue reading
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Is Teaching Students Self-Control Our Job, or What Kills Our Job?
by JESSE SCACCIA We’ve all been there: You have that one student that seems to have no regulatory system between thought and action. Rather than observe, contemplate, make a decision, and then exercise it, they skip through all the meta … Continue reading
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The Lessons I Learned: Public Summer School
A private school teacher reflects on her experience teaching public summer school. Continue reading
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When mom is also the teacher
by AMY BOUDREAUX Like all of you, I wear a lot of hats, and those hats aren’t always so simple to describe. I’m a wife, but I’m also a military wife. I’m a teacher, but not just any teacher: I’m … Continue reading
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On the Pleasures of Teaching with a Mean Case of Montezuma’s Revenge and Other Adventures in Global Education: Part Four
Part Four of an essay about leading a three week educational trip to Nicaragua with Bay Area teenagers. Continue reading
Teaching: A Way Out of Depression?
by JESSE SCACCIA A while back I wrote about how painful, intense, and guilt-bearing teaching with depression can be. I even indicated that teaching can, in a sad roundabout way, induce depression in some people. I wrote: It’s a horrible … Continue reading
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How much do we need to change to be teachers?
by JESSE SCACCIA For the first time in months I stood in front of my closet and looked for “presentable” clothes. No more T-shirts. My everyday cammo shorts wouldn’t cut it anymore. My trusty Red Sox hat would have to … Continue reading
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On the Pleasures of Teaching with a Mean Case of Montezuma’s Revenge and Other Adventures in Global Education: Part Three
Part Three of an essay about leading a three week educational trip to Nicaragua with Bay Area teenagers. Continue reading
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Notes on the Eve of Returning to the Classroom
by JESSE SCACCIA I like to think of myself as a pretty cool customer even in the face of threatening circumstances. I’ve walked with confidence through the townships of Cape Town. I’ve gripped for dear life onto the stay of … Continue reading
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