• Articles

  • How to Fix Schools (Link)
    by Richard Rothstein, Research Associate, Economic Policy Institute. This is policy brief puts the issue of teacher quality in context and makes the point that improving student outcomes is "more complicated, and more work, than the Klein-Rhee ‘Manifesto’ wants you to believe."
  • TURNing Unions Around (PDF)
    This article by Dr. Adam Urbanski makes a case for union reform
  • School Reform, TURN, and Teacher Compensation (PDF)
    This article co-authored by Adam Urbanski and Roger Erskine reviews the topic of teacher compensation.
  • Incompetent Teachers or Dysfunctional Systems? (PDF)
    by Ken Futernick, WestEd This article explores three fundamental flaws in the current efforts to improve teacher quality and identifies an alternative - using system supports that will give teachers a real chance to succeed.
  • 94.6% No Confidence Vote (Link)
    an account by Mark Friedman of a “war for the soul of our schools” in Rochester NY.

• Books

  • United Mind Workers: Unions and Teaching in the Knowledge Society (Link)
    Charles Taylor Kerchner, Julia E. Koppich, Joseph G. Weeres ISBN: 978-0-7879-0829-4 (Hardcover) 256 pages, May 1997
  • Taking Charge of Quality. How Teachers and Unions can Revitalize Schools (Link)
    An Introduction and Companion to "United Mind Workers." Charles Taylor Kerchner, Julia E. Koppich, Joseph G. Weeres ISBN: 978-0-7879-4334-9 (Paperback) 72 pages, August 1998

• Presentations

  • 21st Century Students “Speak Up” About 21st Century Schools (Download)
    A PowerPoint presentation by Julie Evans from the Santa Rosa meeting.
  • Lessons from Abroad (Download)
    A PowerPoint presentation on how other countries educate their children, by Adam Urbanski, AFT Vice President

• Studies

• Videos

  • Wisconsin "Budget Repair Bill" Protest (Link)
    Three days of footage (Feb 15-17) from the Madison, WI protest.

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