John Elfrank-Dana

John Elfrank-Dana is a social studies teacher, Carnegie Scholar and United Federation of Teachers chapter leader at Murry Bergtraum High School in Manhattan.

John Elfrank-Dana appears in the following:

Will the Common Core Widen the Digital Divide?

Thursday, September 12, 2013

A teacher who trains other teachers on using new media in the classroom says he's concerned the confluence of the Common Core learning standards and a new system for evaluating teache...
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Wanted: New Standards That Embrace Technology

Friday, September 07, 2012

In an opinion post, a teacher writes: "With the new Common Core standards, I don’t see the fundamental shift in education that I had hoped for and expected from the impact of new medi...
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Hope for a Bergtraum Comeback Is Far Away, in Student Homes

Friday, March 16, 2012

A teacher and union leader at Murry Bergtraum High School says breaking down community schools and replacing them with small boutique schools has left Bergtraum with too many students...
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