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Tough Liberal Albert Shanker and the Battles over Schools, Unions, Race, and Democracy

Albert Shanker (1928-1997) lived the lives of several men bound into one. In his early years, he helped to found modern teacher unionism. During the 1980s, as head of the American Federation of Teachers, he became the nation's leading education reformer. Shanker supported initiatives for high education standards and accountability, teacher-led charter schools, and a system of ""peer review"" to weed out inadequate teachers. He also fought for ""tough liberalism, "" an ideology favoring public education and trade unions but also colorblind policies and a robust anticommunism & mdash;all o.

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  • "Albert Shanker (1928-1997) lived the lives of several men bound into one. In his early years, he helped to found modern teacher unionism. During the 1980s, as head of the American Federation of Teachers, he became the nation's leading education reformer. Shanker supported initiatives for high education standards and accountability, teacher-led charter schools, and a system of ""peer review"" to weed out inadequate teachers. He also fought for ""tough liberalism, "" an ideology favoring public education and trade unions but also colorblind policies and a robust anticommunism & mdash;all o."@en
  • "Richard D. Kahlenberg offers a narrative on the man who would become one of the most important voices in public education and American politics in the last quarter century - Albert Shanker."

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  • "Tough liberal : Albert Shanker and the battles over schools, unions, race, and democracy"

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