TY - BOOK AU - Moe,Terry M. ED - Brookings Institution. TI - Special interest: teachers unions and America's public schools SN - 9780815722724 (pbk.) : AV - LB2844.53.U6 M64 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Brookings Institution Press KW - Teachers' unions KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Teachers KW - Professional relationships N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-496) and index; The problem of union power -- The rise of the teachers unions -- Teachers and their unions -- Unions and school boards -- Are teachers underpaid? -- Collective bargaining -- Small victories for sanity -- Reform unionism -- The politics of blocking -- A critical juncture -- Appendixes -- A. Union membership and state labor laws -- B. The survey sample: comparisons to SASS -- C. Young teachers N2 - "Examines the history of teachers unions--their rise to power and the organizational foundations of that strength, use of collective bargaining and involvement in the political process, and unions' response to expanded use of technology in the classroom to teach children, and consequences for America's public schools"--Provided by publisher ER -