Dr. Glen Coleman has been teaching social studies at River Dell High School, a public school in North Jersey, for over twenty-six years. His doctoral dissertation focused on laptop integration and student-centered learning. He organizes his teaching around essential questions to encourage divergent thinking and believes students must be afforded ample opportunities to fail “gloriously” and try again. When given those opportunities with the support of a caring community, all boats rise.
In 2019 Glen was named an HP Teaching Fellow for helping to reinvent the classroom and employing powerful learning with technology. He is a Teacher Consultant through the National Writing Project at Drew University. His work has been praised as innovative by two former NJ Commissioners of Education. The New York Times featured research by Glen and his students on students’ views of AI in the classroom. His publications include articles for the NJEA Review and Digital Promise. He is also the author of two books: 100 or Nothing: Reimagining Success in the Classroom and Teaching in the New Crazy: On Thriving in an Overwhelming, Politicized, and Complicated World — each a love letter to teachers that encourages rethinking the possibilities of the classroom.