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...
by altha-admin | Jun 9, 2012 | Articles
No matter who much money the City Attorney poured into his bid for the District Attorney's Office, he could not escape the promise that he had made to voters. If he ran for another position while serving as City Attorney, Trutanich promised to publish full-page...
by altha-admin | Jun 9, 2012 | Articles
Even the fawning, liberal elites have been forced to admit that their Messiah is a false one. Barack Obama claimed empyrean rhetorical skills, yet his lauding liberal base still claims that he failed to sell the merits of his stimulus and medical insurance mandate....
