Bill Betzen

My blogs

Gender	Male
Industry	Education
Occupation	Computer Applications Teacher
Location	Dallas, Texas, United States
Links	Wishlist
Introduction	Retired middle school teacher & social worker with student motivation hobby. Resume at http://www.openadoption.org/bbetzen/resume.htm. The only other Bill Betzen online is his grandfather (1890-1969.) bbetzen@aol.com
Interests	In addition to my wife, children, and grandchildren, I currently am most involved in Dropout Prevention & Student Motivation. I also am honored to have supported the efforts to honor Cesar Chavez by renaming a major downtown Dallas street, Central Expressway from Pacific to Grand Avenue, in his honor. See www.MexicanDallas.org. I also work in Adoption Reform (so adult adoptees have access to same birth information as all other citizens, http://www.openadoption.org), and energy efficiency through rammed earth construction at www.diyrammedearth.com.
Favorite Books	"The death and life of the great American School System" By Diane Ravitch, "The Call of Stories: Teaching and the Moral Imagination" by Dr. Robert Coles, "Mindset: A new Psychology of Success, " by Dr. Carol S. Dweck