"This book locates teacher unions at the crux of the enduring tensions between teachers' own low status in the educational system and the necessary autonomy and working conditions to teach effectively and well. The chapters, focusing on teacher unions in Canada, the U.S., and England reveal the...

Reform bargaining and its promise for school improvement / Susan Moore Johnson and Susan M. Kardos -- Collective bargaining and public schools / Joe A. Stone -- Gaining control of professional licensing and advancement / Dale Ballou and Michael Podgursky -- Collective bargaining in Milwaukee...