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Goldberg, Mark F. – Educational Leadership, 1993
From his early work to establish teacher's union to involvement with civil rights issues, Al Shanker has earned reputation as education profession's moral conscience. Under Shanker's leadership, United Federation of Teachers has grown from 2,500 to 110,000 members. American Federation of Teachers has doubled membership to 796,000. Shanker…
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Biographies, Civil Liberties, Collective Bargaining
Goldberg, Mark F. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2001
Formerly National Education Association president, Mary Futrell got NEA to support the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and helped shift NEA's focus to professional development and human-rights issues. She believes teachers must help state and district entities set academic and professional-development standards. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Activism, Biographies, Blacks