Public education has been under attack for the past decade, from budget cuts to charter schools and other privatization schemes. But teachers have been fighting back to defend their students and their schools, with rank and file educators taking over their union in Chicago, striking in Seattle, and contesting the leadership in New York. Hear the stories of these struggles from key activists in all three cities.
Suggested Readings:“
The Future of Our Schools: Teachers and Social Justice Unionism,” by Lois Weiner (Haymarket 2012).
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More Than a Score The New Uprising Against High-Stakes Testing,” edited by Jesse Hagopian (Haymarket 2014).
