The American Federation Of Teachers

Author : Dana Goldstein
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0345803620
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Teacher Wars written by Dana Goldstein and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking history of 175 years of American education that brings the lessons of the past to bear on the dilemmas we face today—and brilliantly illuminates the path forward for public schools. “[A] lively account." —New York Times Book Review In The Teacher Wars, a rich, lively, and unprecedented history of public school teaching, Dana Goldstein reveals that teachers have been embattled for nearly two centuries. She uncovers the surprising roots of hot button issues, from teacher tenure to charter schools, and finds that recent popular ideas to improve schools—instituting merit pay, evaluating teachers by student test scores, ranking and firing veteran teachers, and recruiting “elite” graduates to teach—are all approaches that have been tried in the past without producing widespread change.

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The American Teacher written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marjorie Murphy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Blackboard Unions written by Marjorie Murphy and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Edward Eaton
Publisher : Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The American Federation of Teachers, 1916-1961 written by William Edward Eaton and published by Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph presenting a comprehensive view of historical events which have shaped teacher activism in the USA and of issues which have defined the role of the American federation of teachers in teacher trade unionism during the period from 1916 to 1961 - includes a bibliography pp. 203 to 213, references and statistical tables.

Author : Michael Charney
Publisher : Rethinking Schools
ISBN 13 : 9780942961096
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Teacher Unions and Social Justice written by Michael Charney and published by Rethinking Schools. This book was released on 2021-01-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of more than 60 articles documenting the history and the how-tos of social justice unionism. Together, they describe the growing movement to forge multiracial alliances with communities to defend and transform public education.

Author : Terry M. Moe
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815721307
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Special Interest written by Terry M. Moe and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are America's public schools falling so short of the mark in educating the nation's children? Why are they organized in ineffective ways that fly in the face of common sense, to the point that it is virtually impossible to get even the worst teachers out of the classroom? And why, after more than a quarter century of costly education reform, have the schools proven so resistant to change and so difficult to improve? In this path-breaking book, Terry M. Moe demonstrates that the answers to these questions have a great deal to do with teachers unions—which are by far the most powerful forces in American education and use their power to promote their own special interests at the expense of what is best for kids. Despite their importance, the teachers unions have barely been studied. Special Interest fills that gap with an extraordinary analysis that is at once brilliant and kaleidoscopic—shedding new light on their historical rise to power, the organizational foundations of that power, the ways it is exercised in collective bargaining and politics, and its vast consequences for American education. The bottom line is simple but devastating: as long as the teachers unions remain powerful, the nation's schools will never be organized to provide kids with the most effective education possible. Moe sees light at the end of the tunnel, however, due to two major transformations. One is political, the other technological, and the combination is destined to weaken the unions considerably in the coming years—loosening their special-interest grip and opening up a new era in which America's schools can finally be organized in the best interests of children.

Author : American Federation of Teachers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Report of the Better Schools Service of the American Federation of Teachers written by American Federation of Teachers and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lea Shaver
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300249314
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Ending Book Hunger written by Lea Shaver and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eye-opening exploration of “book hunger”—the unmet need for books in underserved communities—and efforts to universalize access to print Worldwide, billions of people suffer from book hunger. For them, books are too few, too expensive, or do not even exist in their languages. Lea Shaver argues that this is an educational crisis: the most reliable predictor of children’s achievement is the size of their families’ book collections. This book highlights innovative nonprofit solutions to expand access to print. First Book, for example, offers diverse books to teachers at bargain prices. Imagination Library mails picture books to support early literacy in book deserts. Worldreader promotes mobile reading in developing countries by turning phones into digital libraries. Pratham Books creates open access stories that anyone may freely copy, adapt, and translate. Can such efforts expand to bring books to the next billion would-be readers? Shaver reveals the powerful roles of copyright law and licensing, and sounds the clarion call for readers to contribute their own talents to the fight against book hunger.

Author : American Federation of Teachers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Representing Today's Teachers written by American Federation of Teachers and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Clarence Taylor
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231152698
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Reds at the Blackboard written by Clarence Taylor and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York City Teachers Union shares a deep history with the American left, having participated in some of its most explosive battles. Established in 1916, the union maintained an early, unofficial partnership with the American Communist Party, winning key union positions and advocating a number of Party goals. Clarence Taylor recounts this pivotal relationship and the backlash it created, as the union threw its support behind controversial policies and rights movements. Taylor's research reaffirms the party's close ties with the union—yet it also makes clear that the organization was anything but a puppet of Communist power. Reds at the Blackboard showcases the rise of a unique type of unionism that would later dominate the organizational efforts behind civil rights, academic freedom, and the empowerment of blacks and Latinos. Through its affiliation with the Communist Party, the union pioneered what would later become social movement unionism, solidifying ties with labor groups, black and Latino parents, and civil rights organizations to acquire greater school and community resources. It also militantly fought to improve working conditions for teachers while championing broader social concerns. For the first time, Taylor reveals the union's early growth and the somewhat illegal attempts by the Board of Education to eradicate the group. He describes how the infamous Red Squad and other undercover agents worked with the board to bring down the union and how the union and its opponents wrestled with charges of anti-Semitism.