When Teachers Mobilize Oral Histories
Women Have Always Worked: Fighting for Equality: 1950–2018.
An exploration from an online edX course.
“Wildcat” strikes, like the one that teachers used effectively in West Virginia in February/March of this year, are when union members walk off the job despite the wishes of their leadership. By definition, they are something uncontrollable and spontaneous.
The Chicago Teachers Union argues for proven educational reforms to dramatically improve education of more than 400,000 students in a district of 675 schools. These reforms are desperately needed and can head Chicago towards the world-class educational system its students deserve.
A report covering salary, class size & staffing, academic freedom, shared decision making, assignments and more.
Women Have Always Worked: Fighting for Equality: 1950–2018.
An exploration from an online edX course.
In 1907, Grace Strachan, a school principal and leader of New York’s Interborough Association of Women Teachers (IAWT), explained the significance of the organized teachers’ campaign. “I don’t think any of us are working simply for our own interests,” she offered.
