Publication

2015-02-20 - Teachers College Press

Language

English

Word Count

40,000 words, Guess

Page Count

160 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780807756270
  • Open LibraryOL27515852M

Classifications

  • LCCLC89 .N86 2015
  • LCCLC89.N86 2015

Description

Written by activist educators, Worth Striking For speaks to teachers and teachers-to-be about the drastic changes in the landscape of public education in recent decades and focuses on what they need to know about the debates and complex issues of reform affecting their lives and professions. This book identifies the most significant shifts in education policy, including how policy has helped or hindered the broader educational purposes of schools. Using the 2012 Chicago teachers strike as a framing device, the authors demonstrate how each of the policy areas addressed is critically important to teachers' lives and work. Each chapter describes one of the Chicago teachers' demands, and then explores a related policy arena through the lens of an associated philosophical purpose of education. This book also features individually authored vignettes that juxtapose the authors' personal experiences with the issues, bringing policy and policy activism to life.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Worth Striking For: Why Education Policy Is Every Teacher's ConcernHardcoverTeachers College Press2015-02-20

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