About this ebook
the classroom? Bill Gates? Arne Duncan? Michelle Rhee? Media?
Politiicans? Who has gained more and more control of what actually goes
on in the classroom? Bill Gates? Arne Duncan? Michelle Rhee? Media?
Polticians? Why? Where are the voices of the thousands of talented and
loved teachers whose classrooms should be models of what works
regardless of the socioeconomic environment they are located. I am but
one of many.
Each of us has gotten to be who we are as
teachers through our own set of circumstances. We, like all other
professionals learn our craft through our experiences as well as our
academic preparation. Some of us get to pass on what we have learned
about our craft by becoming supervisors, mentors, or university
lecturers. I have mentored new teachers. I have taught a graduate
education class. But those endeavors have reached relatively few. I have
even spawned new teachers, inspired by me, but those are even fewer.
Initially it is why started writing this book. Much of it started as
advice to give to my mentees. Then some suggested to me to write a book.
So I did!
About the author
David Greene taught Social Studies and coached in NYC, Woodlands HS, and Scarsdale HS, and Ardsley HS for 38 years. He was a field supervisor for Fordham University, mentoring Teach For America Corps Members in the Bronx. He is a staff member of WISE Services, an organization that helps high schools create and run experiential learning programs for seniors. He is also the treasurer of Save Our Schools March Committee. He blogs as dcgmentor.com and has spoken on the hidden truths of TFA at both the first SOS March and Convention in 2011 and Occupy DOE 1 and 2. Mr. Greene has been referenced by Christina Hoff Sommers, in her book, The War against Boys. He has given talks on the issues of boys in schools in Scarsdale, Dominican College and The College Of New Rochelle.He has appeared twice on Bronx Talk with Gary Axelbank. He has had work published in Ed Week on line and has also been referenced by Valerie Strauss in her Washington Post web based column, The Answer Sheet. Most recently he has been the author of the most responded to Sunday Dialogue letter in the New York Times entitled, “A Talent For Teaching”, May, 4, 2013.
