Uncivil rights
Subtitle: teachers, unions, and race in the battle for school equity
By: Jonna Perrillo
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780226660714; 9780226660721
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Educational equalization; Civil rights; Racism in education; Civil rights movements; Teachers' unions; Teachers; Education; African Americans; Political activity; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Building a "new social order": teachers, teacher unions, and equity in the Great Depression; title: Muscular democracy: teachers and the War on Prejudice, 1940 - 1950; title: Organizing the oppressed teacher: teachers' rights in the Cold War; title: "An educator's commitment": professionalism and civil rights in the 1960s; title: From teachers' rights to teacher power; title: Conclusion: moving beyond rights?: teacher professionalism and civil rights in the era of No Child Left Behind.