The Inside Story of the Teacher Revolution in America

Download or read book The Inside Story of the Teacher Revolution in America written by Don Cameron and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2005 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cameron (former executive director of the National Education Association) offers a personal account of the teacher revolution of the 1960s, when educators in public school classrooms around the country began to organize. He identifies the conditions that sparked this rebellion and follows its trajectory over a forty-year period. Coverage includes such topics as the challenges of the education reform movement of the 1980s and the failed merger attempt between the NEA and the American Federation of Teachers. Distributed in the U.S. by Rowman & Littlefield. Annotation: 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).