January 2016

False Perceptions and the Future of Teachers Unions

My defense of teachers unions comes after a long period of ambivalence and maybe too late.

Two decades ago, teachers unions – or more precisely my misapprehensions about them – were the reason why I did not become a teacher. I took on an education double major in college for selfishly practical reasons. As an English major, I had a hard time picturing a career, and I liked school well enough as a student that I thought I could probably teach. But even as I took courses in education and did my pre-practicum and became increasingly immersed and interested in education issues and ideas...

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