https://reuther.wayne.edu/taxonomy/term/218 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/3792 <p>In light of a recent campaign for greater parent and community authority in school administration for a public school, I.S. 201, in Harlem, Al Shanker discusses the various attempts at school reform in New York City. He hits on the desire by I.S. 201 parents to select textbooks, to require a certain racial makeup in the school staff and administration, and the idea of handing over administration of schools to universities or community groups rather than the government. <span class='read-more'><a href="https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/3792" target="_blank"><strong>&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</strong></a></span></p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/3792#comments American Federation of Teachers Desegregation Methods Early Childhood Education Educational Change Emotional Disturbances Parent Participation Racial Integration Shanker, Albert Social Integration Teacher Education Teacher Recruitment Teacher Supervision Teacher Supply and Demand Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:12:39 -0500 jruss 3792 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/3741 <p>Al Shanker fields questions from a panel of interviewers on a wide range of topics including the purpose of the teacher union movement; teacher salaries; student achievement; the rise of public employee unionism; Shanker's role at local and national levels of teachers' unions and the labor movement; school integration and busing; how to measure productivity in education; how to merge the National Education Association (NEA) and the AFT; the effects of teacher strikes; and school vouchers.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/3741#comments American Federation of Teachers Busing Educational Vouchers Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 Government Employees Meany, George, 1894-1980 National Education Association Newman, Edwin Racial Integration Raskin, A. H. (Abraham Henry), 1911- Shanker, Albert Spivak, Lawrence E. Teacher Salaries Unions Wentworth, Eric Will, George F. Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:21:21 -0500 jruss 3741 at https://reuther.wayne.edu