This qualitative oral study study's primary purpose is to elicit, preserve, and explore personal stories from individuals who participated in the April 2018 Oklahoma Teacher Walkout. The study also builds understanding of narrators' experiences of the events surrounding the Walkout. In addition, as supported by oral history methodology, the…

Drawing from the rich cultural heritage and diverse historical contexts of Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar, we examine how teachers adapt traditional and modern pedagogical methods in response to linguistic and cultural diversity. Colonial legacies in Sri Lanka and Myanmar, along with Nepal's shifting sociopolitical climate, offer insights…

In 1941, members of the local unit of the Florida State Teachers Association (FSTA) met in Tampa to plan a lawsuit against Hillsborough County's school board for paying African-American teachers less than white teachers. Hilda Turner, who taught history and economics at Tampa's historically black high school, agreed to serve as plaintiff; she was…

This article presents two viewpoints on creating change through politics. Frawley argues that every teacher can be an agent for change at the local level by first changing the way they think about the profession and embracing the concept that they need to take part in the conversation. Change will happen when technology teachers take greater…

An imaginative solution to the rapid burnout of reform-minded teachers. (JF)

During the 1840s, the pupils, social influence, and futures of the Volksschule teachers were limited to the lower working classes. These teachers tried to seize the opportunity offered by the unrest and parliamentary debates in 1848 to demand a number of educational reforms. (AM)

Until society can find its direction and unity, the university will continue to live with conflict and will find its future obscure. (HS)

The possibility of increased power of teacher unions due to a massive increase in membership could create an imbalance among competing (power) centers, causing serious social dislocation. (Author)

Presented are two arguments on academic collective bargaining, by John R. Silber and Robert Nielsen. Dr. Silber argues that faculty organization causes the university to become more like a factory than a university, that a faculty member has more in common with a middle level manager today than with a professor of 25 years ago, and that…

Preview of Annual Convention of the American Association of School Administrators (Atlantic City, N.J., February 15-19, 1969).

This document contains summaries of and a synthesis of the commentary on papers presented at the Conference on the Frontier in School Leadership. The authors and their papers are (1) John I. Goodlad, "Middle Management in Educational Change: Hope or Despair?" (2) Egon G. Guba, "Missing Roles in School Leadership: Matters Tended and Untended," (3)…

It has been determined by previous studies that student uprisings and demands could not be successful if the college faculty were not in support of the cause. The present study was conducted to verify certain expectations of the author concerning student-faculty relationships and attitudes. In particular, it was expected that faculty and student…

A case study of the Rochester (New York) school district illustrates the changes in teaching as a profession during three periods: (1) 1900-10, the growth in urban schools; (2) 1960-70, the rise in activism and teacher militancy; and (3) the 1980s, educational reform and teacher professionalization on the national agenda. (SK)