by altha-admin | Jun 12, 2012 | Articles
I cannot presume that the student in question will ever find this post. Perhaps this turn of events is all for the best. After five weeks of turmoil, terror, and terrible conditions both social and cultural at Hawthorne High School, I resolved to bring in the dean for...
by altha-admin | Jun 12, 2012 | Articles
In my last few months working as a substitute for Los Angeles Office Of Education, I ended up taking assignments as far away as West Covina, San Gabriel, and Monterey Park. Hombres y Mujeres Nobles is one CDS school nestled in a rented out building along the North...
by altha-admin | Jun 12, 2012 | Articles
Unsatisfactory — not doing enough. I have been tarred with this tag from time to time, as well. It's not true, nor is it fair, but when the teacher has no support, authority, or any standing, what can he do? I am not an unsatisfactory teacher – but I...
by altha-admin | Jun 12, 2012 | Articles
"You are not the right fit for this school." I have endured this parry at least three times as an educator. Once, when I applied to a charter school in the inner LA area – they never bothered to explain why in the terse email that they sent me, why I did not...
by altha-admin | Jun 9, 2012 | Articles
Roger, I must admit — when I read your piece "No There There", I first thought of Gertrude Stein, who one described Oakland as "there's no there there." She was an out-of-touch elitist to many, especially those who found her...
