...This chapter introduces the reader to the phenomenon of teacher strikes in the US between the mid-1960s and the early 1980s. It argues that contentious conflicts over urban public education brought on by teacher unions’ struggle for good salaries and control over working conditions exposed three...

..., and in the case of Philadelphia, a mayor who dealt with massive budget deficits by reneging on a collectively-bargained contract. As importantly, in Philadelphia, opponents of the “unproductive” urban poor and unionized teachers began to imagine market reforms of the public education system. The chapter concludes...

... downturn in the nation’s biggest cities. This book uses cases studies from New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, and Newark—all led by locals of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)--to show both the range and depth of this phenomenon. Through this broad treatment of conflict in public...

... that would facilitate “human capital,” in turn disciplining teachers. More recently, social democratic teacher unions have fought to reinvigorate broad democratic ideals in public education while breaking down long-standing racial and gender inequalities. Hardwick Ashleigh Slater Joseph teachers Channing...

...This chapter is a historical analysis of community grassroots activism to improve public education in Chicago’s Little Village community. The movement was a response to Chicago Public School’s (CPS) failure to construct a new high school to alleviate overcrowding in a predominantly Mexican...