Fighting for Better Schools and Social Justice
Edited by Bob Peterson and Michael Charney
This stimulating 144-page anthology looks at exemplary
practices of teacher unions from the local to the national level. It
challenges the reader, while presenting stirring new visions of teacher
unions for the 21st century. The 25 articles weave together issues of
teacher unionism, classroom reform, working with local communities,
and social justice.
Contributing authors include Howard Zinn, Dan Perlstein, Robert Lowe,
Herbert Kohl, Ann Bastian, and many classroom teachers and union activists.
"Transforming Teacher Unions" is a terrific tool for anyone working
in or with teacher unions today.
View the Table of Contents, also available
in .pdf format.
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Articles include:
Survival and Justice: Rethinking Union Strategy — By
Bob Peterson
Raising Professional Standards — By Tom Mooney
A Teacher Leader Speaks Out — An Interview with Diana
Porter
Staffing and Seniority in Seattle — By Margie Slovan
Resisting Resistance to Change — An Interview with Mark
Simon
Facing Tough Decisions — By Herbert Kohl
The New NEA: Reinventing Teacher Unions — By Bob Chase
Click here for the complete Table of Contents.
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