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Casey, Leo – Harvard Education Press, 2020
In "The Teacher Insurgency," Leo Casey addresses how the unexpected wave of recent teacher strikes has had a dramatic impact on American public education, teacher unions, and the larger labor movement. Casey explains how this uprising was not only born out of opposition to government policies that underfunded public schools and…
Descriptors: Activism, Teacher Strikes, Unions, Labor Relations
Santoro, Doris A., Ed.; Cain, Lizabeth, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2018
"Principled Resistance: How Teachers Resolve Ethical Dilemmas" brings together senior scholars and activist teachers to explore the concept of resistance as a necessary response to mandates that conflict with their understanding of quality teaching. The book provides vivid examples of the pedagogical, professional, and democratic…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Principles, Ethics, Teacher Attitudes
Fleming, Robben W. – 1996
This autobiography recounts personal experiences as a college professor and administrator (President of the University of Michigan) during the 1960s to the early 1980s. The 17 chapters discuss early years growing up in Illinois; college years; employment with the federal government; enlistment in the Army; the war in Germany; the end of the war,…
Descriptors: Activism, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, College Faculty