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Teachers Unions and Education Policy: Retrenchment or Reform?
Wayne Urban (Ed.)
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Hardback. The American public has increasingly heard that teacher unions and quality education are contradictory terms and that unions are responsible for the failure of public schools. This volume has a far more positive perspective on the achievements and value of teacher unions and our public education system. Editor(s): Urban, Wayne; Wolman, Paul; Henderson, Ronald D. Series: Advances in Education in Diverse Communities: Research Policy and Praxis. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JN; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 567.
The American public has increasingly heard that teacher unions and quality education are contradictory terms and that unions are responsible for the failure of public schools. Many critics of the unions would cheerfully channel public funds to largely nonunion private and parochial schools as free market alternatives. The present volume, edited by friends of the teacher unions and featuring contributions by prominent education scholars as well as union activists, has a far more positive perspective on the achievements and value of teacher unions and our public education system. The collection does not avoid critical examination of the teacher unions, however. ... Read more
The American public has increasingly heard that teacher unions and quality education are contradictory terms and that unions are responsible for the failure of public schools. Many critics of the unions would cheerfully channel public funds to largely nonunion private and parochial schools as free market alternatives. The present volume, edited by friends of the teacher unions and featuring contributions by prominent education scholars as well as union activists, has a far more positive perspective on the achievements and value of teacher unions and our public education system. The collection does not avoid critical examination of the teacher unions, however. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
Series
Advances in Education in Diverse Communities: Research Policy and Praxis
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780762308286
SKU
V9780762308286
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