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"Examines the history of teachers unions--their rise to power and the organizational foundations of that strength, use of collective bargaining and involvement in the political process, and unions' response to expanded use of technology in the classroom to teach children, and consequences...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moe, Terry M. (Author)
Corporate Author: Brookings Institution
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2011]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Teachers' unions.
Teachers > Professional relationships.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
EDUCATION > Teaching Methods & Materials > General.
Enseignants > Relations professionnelles > États-Unis.
Teachers > Professional relationships > United States.
Teachers' unions > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Problem of union power
  • Rise of the teachers unions
  • Teachers and their unions
  • Unions and school boards
  • Are teachers underpaid?
  • Collective bargaining
  • Small victories for sanity
  • Reform unionism
  • Politics of blocking
  • Critical juncture
  • Appendixes
  • A. Union membership and state labor laws
  • B. Survey sample: comparisons to SASS
  • C. Young teachers.

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