AFT-Speeches

This is Shanker’s report on how to reform teacher education. This article touches on teacher supply, teacher recruitment, the structure of schools, and the politics of education reform. He references the 1986 Carnegie Forum on Education and the Economy.

Shanker talks about figuring out ways that unions can be accepted in all industries; including education.

In this interview, Al Shanker answers questions about a number of topics including teacher shortage; teacher recruitment; teacher pay; use of technology in teaching; focus on developing students' critical thinking skills; teachers' involvement in unions, politics, and strikes; working with the Reagan administration; and merit pay.

This is Shanker speaking before the House Committee on Education and Labor on House Resolution bill 950; to reauthorize Chapter 1 of the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act. He talks about the education report “A Nation At Risk” which was put out in 1983.

This is Shanker’s testimony before the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He is discussing the Carnegie Forum’s “A Nation Prepared: Teachers for the 21st Century” and the National Commission on Excellence in Education’s report; “A Nation at Risk.