The Lavin Agency Speakers Bureau
A speakers bureau that represents the best original thinkers,
writers, and doers for speaking engagements.
A speakers bureau that represents the best original thinkers,
writers, and doers for speaking engagements.
Teaching isn’t an innate quality—it’s a skill that can be taught and nurtured.
Great teachers have the power to change students’ lives—we just need to give them the right tools. Elizabeth Green is the author of New York Times bestseller Building a Better Teacher, a groundbreaking new book that examines the hidden science behind the art of teaching. Her talks equip teachers, policymakers, and parents with a hopeful vision for the future of education—and the roadmap to get us there.
We romanticize teachers, and we vilify them, but we don’t do much to help. This beautifully written, defiantly hopeful book points the way to a better future for American teachers and the children they teach.Paul Tough, author of How Children Succeed
There is no such thing as a natural-born teacher, says Elizabeth Green. As a Spencer fellow, Green penned a covery story for The New York Times Magazine, dispelling the myth that good teaching is purely instinctual. The article was so wildly popular—sparking a national conversation on the state of education—that she was offered a full length book deal. Now a New York Times bestseller, Building a Better Teacher: How Teaching Works (and How to Teach It to Everyone) shows us that teaching is a complex skill—one that requires infrastructure for support and training. How do America’s best educators master their craft? What techniques do they use in the classroom? And what could America’s education system learn from other countries in the world? Green considers all of these questions, and more, in a book that has been called “required reading” for every teacher and tax payer.
Elizabeth Green is also co-founder, CEO, and editor-in-chief of Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization that covers educational change efforts across the country. Fiercely independent and mission-driven, Chalkbeat believes that strong press is the key to improving education for children everywhere—especially those who have been historically denied access. In addition to The New York Times Magazine, Greene has written for The New York Sun and U.S. News & World Report. She was an Abe Journalism Fellow studying education in Japan and a Spencer Fellow in education journalism at Columbia University. She serves on the board of the Education Writers Association.
#1 New York Times Bestselling Author of How the Word Is Passed and Above Ground Atlantic Staff Writer
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Khan Academy
Author of The Privileged Poor Boston University Associate Professor and Newbury Center Faculty Director
Author of The 272: The Families who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church Associate Professor at New York University Former New York Times Johannesburg Bureau Chief
Author of The State Must Provide: The Definitive History of Racial Inequality in American Higher Education Staff Writer at The Atlantic
#1 New York Times Bestselling Author of How the Word Is Passed and Above Ground Atlantic Staff Writer
Grit, more than talent, IQ, looks, or wealth, is a powerful indicator of success.
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Stories of queer identity and Black joy have the power to educate us on diversity, inspire social justice activism, and build community.
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