Tough Liberal - Albert Shanker Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race, Democracy

Klappentext Albert Shanker (1928-1997) lived the lives of several men bound into one. In his early years, he helped to found modern teacher unionism. During the 1980s, as head of the American Federation of Teachers, he became the nation's leading education reformer. Shanker supported initiatives for high education standards and accountability, teacher-led charter schools, and a system of "peer review" to weed out inadequate teachers. He also fought for "tough liberalism," an ideology favoring public education and trade unions but also colorblind policies and a robust anticommunism--all of which, Shanker believed, were vital to a commitment to democracy. Richard D. Kahlenberg is the first to offer a complete narrative of one of the most important voices in public education and American politics in the last half century. Zusammenfassung Shanker was condemned by many when he shut down the New York City school system in the bitter strikes of 1967 and 1968! and he was denounced for stirring up animosity between black parents and Jewish teachers. This biography offers a narrative of one of the most important voices in public education and American politics.

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• Authors: Richard Kahlenberg, Richard D. Kahlenberg, Kahlenberg Richard D., Richard D. Keene
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.08.2007
• EAN: 9780231134965
• ISBN: 978-0-231-13496-5
• No. of pages: 552
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 235 mm x 38 mm
• Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History; Columbia Studies in Contempora; Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History; Columbia Studies in Contempora
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Education, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: general, Biography, EDUCATION / History, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century