Teachers and Reform: Chicago Public Education, 1929-1970

by John F. Lyons

From the union's formation in 1937 until the 1960s, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) was the largest and most influential teachers' union in the country. John F. Lyons examines the role of public schoolteachers and the CTU in shaping the policies and practices of public education in Chicago.

Examining teachers' unions and public education from the bottom up, Lyons shows how the CTU and its members sought rigorous reforms. A combination of political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252032721
• ISBN13: 9780252032721
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.0"