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...
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...
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...