David Greene is a former Social Studies teacher and coach. He is also a program consultant for an organization that helps high schools create and run experiential learning programs for seniors. In addition, he is the author of “Doing the Right Thing: A Teacher Speaks,” is the former Treasurer of Save Our Schools and an active blogger and speaker. His blogs have appeared in Diane Ravitch’s website, EdCircuit, Education Weekly, US News and World Report, and the Washington Post. David writes opinon pieces for EdCircuit. – The opinions he expresses here are solely his own.
When the the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 was passed, until 1979 when it was amended, (creating the U.S. Department of Education)
Author and educator David Greene talks about the state of education in the U.S. Greene discusses several topics, including standardized testing, Common Core, the teaching profession and more. Greene is a program consultant for WISE Services, a former teacher and coach for 38 years, the author of “Doing the Right Thing: A Teacher Speaks” and treasurer of the organization “Save Our Schools.”
Nancie Atwell, winner of the Varkey Foundation’s first Global Teacher Prize, recently spoke to CNN’s “New Day” show about receiving a $1 million award that she subsequently handed over to her school, the school she founded, the Center For Teaching and Learning. I admire Ms. Atwell and all her work. I am sure she is a great teacher, but I have a problem with any teacher, even me, being called the best Global Teacher and winning an award of $1,000,000.
David Greene