Global Assault on Teaching, Teachers, and their Unions: Stories for Resistance
Increasingly public education’s character is under assault. This collection of essays by noted scholars, teacher activists, and teacher union leaders from around the world fuses personal stories, research, and political analysis, explaining why such profound and damaging changes are being made to schools and teaching, and how teachers, their unions, and supporters of public education can make real the goal of quality education for all the world’s children.
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Increasingly public education’s character is under assault. This collection of essays by noted scholars, teacher activists, and teacher union leaders from around the world fuses personal stories, research, and political analysis, explaining why such profound and damaging changes are being made to schools and teaching, and how teachers, their unions, and supporters of public education can make real the goal of quality education for all the world’s children.
List of Vignettes xiAcknowledgments xvNeoliberalism, Teachers, and Teaching: Understanding the AssaultThe Global Assault on Teaching, Teachers, and Teacher Unions Mary Compton Lois Weiner 3"Remaking the World": Neoliberalism and the Transformation of Education and Teachers' Labor Susan L. Robertson 11Neoliberalism's Global FootprintEducation Reform under Strangulation John Nyambe 31Teaching for the Factory: Neoliberalism in Mexican Education Rodolfo Rincones Elaine Hampton Cesar Silva 37Neoliberal Education in Denmark Jette Steensen 43Higher and Tertiary Education in the West Indies: Ensnared by GATS Marguerite Cummins Williams 47The Education World Is Not Flat: Neoliberalism's Global Project and Teacher Unions' Transnational Resistance Larry Kuehn 53The Need for Unions to Defend Public EducationTeachers and their Unions: Why Social Class "Counts" Kathleen A. Murphey 75Campaign against the Opening of City Academies in England Ian Murch 81An Inner-City Public School Teacher's Story from China Yihuai Cai 89What Teachers Want from their Unions: What We Know from Research Nina Bascia 95Challenging Neoliberalism: Education Unions in Australia Rob Durbridge 109Teaching, a Profession under AttackContradictions and Tensions in the Place of Teachers in Educational Reform: Reflections upon the Role of Teachers in Recent Educational Reforms in the United States and Namibia Ken Zeichner 125Universalization of Elementary Education in India: A Dream Deferred Is a Dream Denied Basanti Chakraoborty 143Educational Restructuring, Democratic Education, and Teachers Alvaro Moreira Hypolito 149Neoliberalism, Inequality, and Teacher UnionsSodexho in the Chicago Public Schools Kyle Westbrook 163Homophobia in St. Lucian Schools: A Perspective from a Select Group of Teachers Urban Dolor 169Work on Aboriginal Education in a Social Justice Union: Reflections from the Inside Chris Stewart 173South African Teachers and Social Movements: Old and New Shermain Mannah Jon Lewis 177Schooling and Class in Germany: An Interview with Eberhardt Brand and Susanne Gondermann Mary Compton 193Education or Mind Infection? Nurit Peled-Elhanan 199Going on the OffensiveInterview with Thulas Nxesi, President of Education International Mary Compton 211The Context of Teachers' Democratic Movements in Mexico Rodolfo Rincones 217In Mexico, to Defend Education as a Social Right, We Must Fight for Union Democracy Maria de la Luz Arriaga Lemus 221A History of the Search for Teacher Unity in South Africa Harold Samuel 227British Teacher Unions and the Blair Government: Anatomy of an Abusive Relationship Mary Compton 237Building the International Movement We Need: Why a Consistent Defense of Democracy and Equality Is Essential Lois Weiner 251About the Authors 269Index 273
\ From the Publisher"In a time of attacks on the entire public sphere, we need to hear the voices of articulate defenders of more democratic visions. No institution can claim to be democratic when its employees are treated with disrespect. Compton and Weiner have produced a powerful collection that helps restore these voices and helps us understand why they are so deserving of our respect."—Michael W. Apple, John Bascom Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Author of Educating the "Right" Way\ "Acomprehensive and vastly enlightening read for any teacher interested in the wider implications of what it is they do for a living. If you are a teacher and have ever wondered who it is that is pulling your strings, and how and why they are doing it, you’ll find this book fascinating and frightening in equal measure."—Phil Beadle, Education Guardian columnist and UK teacher\ \ \
