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Worth striking for, why education policy is every teacher's concern (lessons from Chicago), Isabel Nuñez, Gregory Michie, Pamela Konkol ; foreword by Pedro Noguera

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-135) and index

index present

non fiction

Worth striking for

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Isabel Nuñez, Gregory Michie, Pamela Konkol ; foreword by Pedro Noguera

The teaching for social justice series

why education policy is every teacher's concern (lessons from Chicago)

Written by activist educators, Worth Striking For speaks to teachers and teachers-to-be about the drastic changes in the landscape of public education in recent decades and focuses on what they need to know about the debates and complex issues of reform affecting their lives and professions. This book identifies the most significant shifts in education policy, including how policy has helped or hindered the broader educational purposes of schools. Using the 2012 Chicago teachers strike as a framing device, the authors demonstrate how each of the policy areas addressed is critically important to teachers' lives and work. Each chapter describes one of the Chicago teachers' demands, and then explores a related policy arena through the lens of an associated philosophical purpose of education. This book also features individually authored vignettes that juxtapose the authors' personal experiences with the issues, bringing policy and policy activism to life

Keep a place for policy -- Chicago teachers united -- Students, teachers, and schools -- Curriculum and pedagogy -- Funding and governance -- The vocation of teaching -- The need for a politically engaged teaching force -- References