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Jaime Grinberg, Ph. D., is a Full Professor of Educational Foundations at Montclair State University and a former department Chairperson. He also served as Acting Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Education and Human Services. Dr. Grinberg directed a school-university partnership (NJNER) involving 23 school districts and Montclair State University. Nationally, he served as Chair of the Committee on Standards for the Council of Learned Societies in Education.

He received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University, focusing on educational policy, history, and teacher education. His undergraduate degree is from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, focusing on Latin American social and political history, and his MA is from Eastern Michigan University, focusing on educational psychology and evaluation. Born in Argentina, he lived in Uruguay, Israel, Michigan, and New Mexico before moving to New Jersey.

His current research focuses on policy and theory's socio-historical, political, and philosophical foundations. He published nine books and anthologies, including "Teaching Like That: The Beginnings of Teacher Education at Bank Street" (2005), "Successful Teaching" (2017, with D. Schwarzer), "Understanding Glocal Contexts" (2019, with D. Schwarzer), and the third edition of "Philosophy of Education: Modern and Contemporary Ideas at Play" (2022, with D. Rogers & M.R. Gregory). Also, he has written more than 100 papers, research handbook chapters, and book chapters in English and Spanish. Often, he is interviewed by TV, radio, and other media outlets to discuss current events.

He teaches undergraduate and doctoral classes in historical, political, and socio-cultural aspects of education with an international dimension. Professor Grinberg has taught and lectured in Argentina, Mexico, Israel, and the US, among many other places. He has served on the faculty at the University of New Mexico and Eastern Michigan University and as a Visiting Professor at Kibbutzim College in Israel.

As of the Fall of 2023, Professor Grinberg is the editor of "Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines," an online open-access refereed academic journal.

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History and philosophy, with a focus on Education and Policy.
Latin American history, cultures, and politics.
Middle East history and politics.
Social Theory and Global Issues.
Antisemitism.
Education, curriculum, policy, and practices.

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• google scholar
• book on understanding contexts
• Book: Successful Teaching: What every novice teacher needs to know
• article on "Teaching Like That" (Teachers College Record)
• article on Constitution of Bilingual Education (Review of Educational Research)
• article on "Educational Administration and Foucault" (Educational Administration Quarterly)
• article on "Leadership for Social Justice" (Journal of School Leadership)
• article on "Moving Teacher Education In/To the Community" (Theory Into Practice)
• article on historical precedents in the education of teachers (Fermentario)
• article on learning to teach for social justice
• article on Impediments and opportunities in education from an historical perspective ("Educacao" )
• chapter on "Con Pasion y Con Coraje"
• chapter on "Criticality in Education Research"
• article on "Pigs and Packers" (in Cultural Studies of Science Education)
• Chapter on Social Class
• Philosophy of Education
• book on "Playing with Ideas"
• Book on progressive teacher education at Bank Street, 1930s
• Book: Unpacking Classrooms
• Philosophy of Education: Modern and Contemporary Ideas at Play, Third Edition
• Book: A brief history of American schools
• Towards Educating Teachers as Advocators A Conceptual Discussion and a Historical Example
• Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines
• Scholarship and Creative Works @ Digital Commons
• A Brief on the History of Teacher Preparation and Teacher Development Patterns in The United States, 1800s-2000s
• Americanization, Schools, and Educators
• The Relationship Between Religion and Public Schools in the United States: An Introductory Brief

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