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State of the Teaching Profession

Veteran teacher and author David Greene discusses teachers unions, teacher evaluation and tenure as forces shaping the profession.

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In this edCircuit conversation, author and educator David Greene shares candid insights on the state of teaching today—examining policy and politics.

What are the issues and trends shaping the state of the teaching profession in America today?  edCircuit speaks with educator and author David Greene for insights and opinions. Among the topics they discuss are teachers’ unions, teacher evaluation, and tenure.

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David Greene is a former 38-year Social Studies teacher and coach. He is also a program consultant for WISE Services, an organization that helps high schools create and run experiential learning programs for seniors. In addition, the author of “Doing the Right Thing: A Teacher Speaks,” is Treasurer of Save Our Schools, and an active blogger and speaker. His blogs have appeared in Diane Ravitch’s website, Education Weekly, U.S. News and World Report, and the Washington Post. You can visit David Greene’s blog at https://dcgmentor.wordpress.com and follow him on Twitter @dcgmentor Greene is a 38-year educator and mentor and author of the book “Doing the Right Thing: A Teacher Speaks.” 

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    David Greene is a former 38-year Social Studies teacher, mentor, and coach. After teaching, he supervised new teachers while working for Fordham University. Now he is a partner in the BIGS Project, a program to help high school and college students learn the life skills necessary to choose, get, and do a great job. He is also a program consultant for an organization that helps high schools create and run experiential learning programs for seniors. He is the author of Doing the Right Thing: A Teacher Speaks and former Treasurer of Save Our Schools. His blogs have appeared in Diane Ravitch’s website, EdCircuit, Education Week, US News and World Report, and the Washington Post. He wrote the most responded-to Sunday Dialogue letter in the New York Times, entitled “A Talent for Teaching.” He has also appeared in a TV documentary, The growing movement against Teach for America. David writes opinion pieces for EdCircuit; the opinions he expresses here are solely his own.

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