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On Unions and Education.

Points out that despite popular impressions and dinner-table gossip, the problems of U.S. schools and school reform, are not the result of teachers' unions. Observation that in a climate of high-stakes testing and increasing competition, many good reforms can turn into monsters; View that unions ha...

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Published in:Dissent (0012-3846) Vol. 51; no. 1; pp. 51 - 56
Main Author: Meier, Deborah
Format: Article
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press Winter2004
Subjects:
Education
Schools
Educational change
Teachers' unions
Teachers
United States
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Summary:Points out that despite popular impressions and dinner-table gossip, the problems of U.S. schools and school reform, are not the result of teachers' unions. Observation that in a climate of high-stakes testing and increasing competition, many good reforms can turn into monsters; View that unions have not been a powerful force in preventing school reforms sought by mayors, governors, and local business coalitions.