From "teacher spring" to teacher insurgency -- Part one. The origins of the teacher insurgency: The issues behind the teacher insurgency -- The political context of the teacher insurgency -- Part two. The strategic challenges in perspective: Mobilization and organization -- from civil rights to social media -- Protest and politics -- syndicalism and labor history -- The teacher strike -- conditions for success -- Organizing with community -- bargaining for the common good -- Part three. Organizing teachers, teachers organizing: Teacher organizing and collective identity -- The discourse of teaching as nurturance -- The discourse of teaching as a profession -- The discourse of teaching as labor and craft -- The discourse of teaching as democratic work -- Conclusion: The power of teacher collective action.
Summary:
"In The Teacher Insurgency, Leo Casey addresses how the unexpected wave of recent teacher strikes has had a dramatic impact on American public education, teacher unions, and the larger labor movement"-- Provided by publisher.
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