Paul Emerich France (he/him) is a National Board Certified Teacher, instructional coach, keynote speaker, and adjunct professor with over a decade of experience in the classroom, teaching grades transitional kindergarten through fifth grade. He is the founder of Make Teaching Sustainable, and the author of My Students Can’t Write (2025), Reclaiming Personalized Learning (2022), and Make Teaching Sustainable (2023).

His work is featured in Edutopia, EdSurge, ASCD’s Educational Leadership, and Learning Forward’s The Learning Professional. Recently, Paul has partnered with SXSW EDU, Jefferson County Public Schools, Hopkins Public Schools, ASCD, National Board, and Northwestern University to support teachers in making their classrooms more sustainable places to learn.

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