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Download full textWinkler, Amber M.; Scull, Janie; Zeehandelaar, Dara – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2012
In recent years, debates over school reform have increasingly focused on the role of teacher unions in the changing landscape of American K-12 education. On one hand, critics argue that these unions, using their powerful grip on education politics and policy to great effect, bear primary responsibility for blocking states' efforts to put into…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Teaching (Occupation), Unions, Role
American Federation of Teachers, Washington, DC. – 1999
This publication presents papers given at a 1998 joint meeting of the American Federation of Teachers and National Education Association which focused on teacher quality. One common thread of this conference was criticism of the growing practice of granting emergency certification to unprepared or underprepared teachers. The papers address how to…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
