Complete Table Of Contents
"Transforming Teacher Unions " is divided into six main sections. Click on the section heading to jump directly to that section below. Click here to view the TTU Table of Contents in pdf format, or, return to the TTU home page.
Overview
- Introduction
By Bob Peterson & Michael Charney - Survival & Justice: Rethinking Union Strategy
By Bob Peterson - A Hard Lesson from History
By Bob Peterson - Networking for Union Reform: The Story of TURN
By Barbara Miner - A New Vision of Schooling
By the Editors of Rethinking Schools
Promising Practices
- Raising Professional Standards
By Tom Mooney - Teachers as Leaders in Cincinnati
By Monica Solomon - A Lead Teacher Speaks Out
By An Interview with Diana Porter - Unions Can Create a Sense of Hope
By Michael Charney - Professionalism in Minneapolis: A New View
By Kris Berggren - Minneapolis Contract Excerpt
- Rochester Teachers Struggle To Take Charge
By Christine E. Murray - Rochester Contract Excerpt
- Don t Sell Your Members Short
By Adam Urbanski - Confronting Racism in British Columbia
By Tom McKenna - Staffing & Seniority in Seattle
By Margie Slovan - Getting Out the Message
An Interview with Paulette Copeland - Milwaukee Contract Excerpt
- Resisting Resistance to Change
An Interview with Mark Simon - Montgomery Co. Contract Excerpt
- When Collective Bargaining is Prohibited
An Interview with Rukiya Dillahunt
Lessons From History
- Why Teachers Should Know History
An Interview with Howard Zinn - Resources for Teaching Union History
- Chicago Teachers' Federation & Its Legacy
By Robert Lowe - If Not Now, When?: Teacher Unions in NYC
By Dan Perlstein - Facing Tough Decisions
By Herbert Kohl
The Prospects for a United Teachers Union
- What Happened to the NEA/AFT Merger?
By Ann Bastian - Principles of Unity for a United Organization
By NEA & AFT - The New NEA: Reinventing Teacher Unions
By Bob Chase - Whither Public Education?
By Sandra Feldman
Organizing for the Future
- Defending the Public Sector
An Interview with Bill Fletcher - The Strength of the Public Sector
By Bob Chase - The Market is Not the Answer
An Interview with Jonathan Kozol - A Review of "United Mind Workers"
By Bob Peterson - Social Justice Unionism: A Working Draft
By the National Coalition of Education Activists - Question & Answers
By Bob Peterson
Resources/Study Guide
- Resources
Organizations & Books - Questions for Discussion
By Bob Peterson & Michael Charney
This file updated June 2, 1999