Jaime Grinberg, Ph.D., is a Professor of Educational Foundations and Jewish American Studies at Montclair State University, NJ, where he teaches classes in the history and philosophy of education, globalization, and Jewish Studies and socio-historical analysis. He received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University. Born in Argentina, he grew up in Uruguay and has lived in Israel, Michigan and New Mexico before moving to New Jersey. Dr. Grinberg has taught and lectured in Argentina, Mexico, Israel, and the US among many places. His research and writings, under the larger umbrella of studying power and agency in formal and informal education, cover topics such as progressivisms and teacher preparation, bilingual and ESL education, professional development and partnerships, informal Jewish education and Zionist youth movements and criticality in educational research and social theories.
He has published six books, including the highly praised "Teaching like that: The beginnings of teacher education at Bank Street," as well as numerous research articles in academic journals such as Teachers College Record, Review of Educational Research, and Educational Administration Quarterly among others. Also, he has written research review chapters in academic handbooks, numerous book chapters, and has written journal articles and book chapters in Spanish for Latin-American publications.

Educational Foundations of Teacher Education; Historical, Cultural, Philosophical, Political and Social Contexts of Schooling and Teaching.
Power and Agency in formal and informal education.
Critical theory, critical pedagogy, post-colonial studies in education.
Educational Leadership and Professional Development.
Bilingual education, language, and the education of immigrants.
Education in Latin America.
Education in Israel.
Jewish-American Studies

context-specific teacher education

Informal education and youth groups as social movements: The case of Jewish and Zionists youth movements