United mind workers : unions and teaching in the knowledge society / Charles Taylor Kerchner, Julia E. Koppich, Joseph G. Weeres.
Material type: TextSeries: Jossey-Bass education seriesPublication details: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c1997Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 238 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0787908290 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Teachers' unions -- United States | Collective bargaining -- Teachers -- United States | School personnel management -- United States | Educational change -- United StatesDDC classification: 331.88/113711/0973 LOC classification: LB2844.53.U6 | K45 1997Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of ContentsIncludes bibliographical references (p. 213-223) and index.
Postindustrial unionism -- Organizing the other half of teaching -- From siege mentality to transformational vision -- The quest for quality -- Improving the craft of teaching -- Upgrading educational standards -- Evaluating the work of peers -- New union-management agreements -- Reforming the districtwide contract -- Establishing school-based compacts -- Institutionalizing the new union -- Strengthening the market for teachers -- Creating new representation roles for unions -- Reforming the labor law -- Organizing for the knowledge era.
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