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Teacher Politics

The Influence of Unions

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Teacher Politics

The Influence of Unions

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In a landmark contribution to the education literature, Berube examines the political activities of the two teachers' unions--the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers AFL-CIO (AFT) during the last three decades. The first scholarly study of its kind, Teacher Politics argues that teachers' unions have become the most powerful political constituency in the nation. Through effective lobbying arms seeking favored legislation and political machines supporting local, state, and national candidates with manpower and money, this force of 2.5 million teachers is changing American educational politics. As Berube convincingly demonstrates, teacher unions have been reasonably effective in their political and legislative endeavors and, through their enormous resources, have become the chief representatives of education in American politics.

Table of Contents

Teachers in Politics
The NEA: A Political Giant
The AFT: Number Two
Teacher Power: Case Studies
The NEA vs. the AFT: Is There a Difference?
The Challenge of School Reform
Prospects for the Future

Product details

Published 16 May 1988
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 190
ISBN 9780313256851
Imprint Praeger
Dimensions 216 x 140 mm
Series Contributions to the Study of Education
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Maurice R. Berube

MAURICE R. BERUBE is Professor of Educational Lead…

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