The Global Assault on Teaching, Teachers, and their Unions
Subtitle: Stories for Resistance
Contributors: Mary Compton (Editor); Lois Weiner (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: April 1, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780230606302
Subjects: Educational Policy & Reform; Organizations & Institutions; Teaching Methods & Materials - General; Education / Research; Education; Education / Teaching
Description: Increasingly public education's character is under assault. This collection of essays by noted scholars, teacher activists, and teacher union leaders from around the world fuses personal stories, research, and political analysis, explaining why such profound and damaging changes are being made to schools and teaching, and how teachers, their unions, and supporters of public education can make real the goal of quality education for all the world's children.