Format:
1 online resource (297 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780813547022
Content:
For three weeks in 1970 and for eleven weeks in 1971, the schools in Newark, New Jersey, were paralyzed as the teachers went on strike. In the wake of the 1971 strike, almost two hundred were arrested and jailed. The Newark Teachers Union said their members wanted improved education for students. The Board of Education claimed the teachers primarily desired more money. After interviewing more than fifty teachers who were on the front lines during these strikes, historian Steve Golin concludes that another, equally important agenda was on the table, and has been ignored until now. These professionals wanted power, to be allowed a voice in the educational agenda.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Teacher Activists -- Chapter 2: After the Riot / Rebellion -- Chapter 3: The 1970 Strike -- Chapter 4: Black Power Between the Strikes -- Chapter 5: The 1971 Strike -- Chapter 6: Teachers in Jail -- Epilogue: Power to the People? -- Appendix: Teachers in the Book -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813530574
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780813530574
Additional Edition:
Print version Newark Teacher Strikes Hopes on the Line
Language:
English
Keywords:
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URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=435052
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