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Educational Conflict in the Sunshine State: The Story of the 1968 Statewide Teacher Walkout in Florida
Don Cameron
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paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTB; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
In the state of Florida in the 1960s, the tension between the costs of funding a quality education program and the taxes required to do so exploded into a confrontation between the state's teachers and the Florida power structure. For a century or more, the state had been determined to keep taxes—all taxes—as low as possible. In that context, Florida's education system atrophied to the point that educators felt they could no longer continue to ignore what it was doing to their students. After years of begging, cajoling, and threatening, the Florida Education Association called for a statewide strike of ... Read more
In the state of Florida in the 1960s, the tension between the costs of funding a quality education program and the taxes required to do so exploded into a confrontation between the state's teachers and the Florida power structure. For a century or more, the state had been determined to keep taxes—all taxes—as low as possible. In that context, Florida's education system atrophied to the point that educators felt they could no longer continue to ignore what it was doing to their students. After years of begging, cajoling, and threatening, the Florida Education Association called for a statewide strike of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
R&L Education United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Lanham, United States
ISBN
9781578869435
SKU
V9781578869435
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About Don Cameron
Don Cameron retired in January 2001 as Executive Director of the 2.6 million-member National Education Association, a position he held for eighteen years.
Reviews for Educational Conflict in the Sunshine State: The Story of the 1968 Statewide Teacher Walkout in Florida
Cameron ably describes the events surrounding the strike....Cameron's work functions effectively as a cautionary tale of the dangers of inadequate resources for public education.
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