© Columbia University Press
Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race, and Democracy
September, 2007
Cloth, 552 pages, 70 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-13496-5
$29.95
/ £17.95
Introduction
Part 1. New York
1. The Early Years: Rising from Humble Beginnings and Establishing Values (1928–1952)
2. Creating the United Federation of Teachers (1952–1962)
3. Rising Within the UFT: Labor and Civil Rights Together (1962–1965)
4. Black Power and the 1967 Teachers’ Strike (1966–1968)
5. The Ocean Hill–Brownsville Strike and the Liberal Assault on Labor (1968)
6. Ocean Hill–Brownsville: The Fallout (1969)
7. Rebuilding: Recruiting the Paraprofessionals, Launching the “Where We Stand” Column, and Seeking Teacher Unity (1969–1972)
8. Becoming President of the American Federation of Teachers and Battling the New Politics Movement (1972–1974)
9. “A Man by the Name of Albert Shanker”: Sleeper and the Controversy of Power (1973–1975)
10. Losing Power: The New York Fiscal Crisis and the Decline of Labor (1974–1976)
Part 2. Washington
11. Jimmy Carter and the Rise of the Reagan Democrats (1976–1980)
12. Being a Social Democrat Under Ronald Reagan: Domestic Policy (1980–1988)
13. Being a Social Democrat Under Ronald Reagan: Foreign Policy (1980–1988)
14. Education Reform: A Nation at Risk, Merit Pay, and Peer Review (1983–1984)
15. Beyond Special Interest: Making Teaching a Profession (1985–1987)
16. Charter Schools and School Restructuring (1988–1997)
17. The Early Education-Standards Movement (1989–1994)
18. The Rise of the Angry White Males and the Gingrich Revolution (1992–1995)
19. Reviving the Education-Standards Movement and the Final Days (1995–1997)
Part 3. Legacy
20. The Legacy of Albert Shanker
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index