The teachers also pointed out that while they learned facts at college, they learned how to teach in the classroom. When something doesn't work, stepping closer and saying it louder is not going to help. You have to find a back door to help them understand. However, learning and practicing new teaching methods is difficult, notes the paper. You realize that even 20 years into the profession there are still new ways to teach.
Teachers have their own networks.
Ruben Zacarias, currently L.A.'s deputy superintendent, will succeed Sidney Thompson, who announced his retirement last year, writes the paper. The school board by a 5 to 2 vote approved Zacarias' appointment. He added that he does not want to be viewed as a Latino superintendent. Zacarias' competitors included William E.B. Siart, former chief executive of First Interstate Bancorp, and Daniel Domenech, who heads a state panel charged with overseeing the Roosevelt Union Free District on Long Island. Domenech withdrew from the process on Tuesday.