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Teachers' Grassroots Organizing and Charter Schools
Sat, April 18, 4:05 to 6:05pm, Virtual RoomSession Type: Paper Session
Abstract
Paper presentations in this session will address teacher grassroots organizing with respect to unions, social justice caucuses, strikes, and charter schools. Charter school unionization is examined in Canada and the U.S. with a focus on the promises and challenges inherent in the push to unionize charter schools. The work of teachers as organizers of social justice within their unions is explored along with lessons learned from teacher’s strikes in the past year.
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Charter School Teachers in Alberta, Canada: Connections Between Teacher Unionization and Professional Status - Lisa Everitt, Alberta Teachers' Association
Successfully Forming a Charter School Teachers Union: A Case Study - Brian Robert Beabout, The University of New Orleans; Ivan Gill, University of New Orleans
The Purpose(s) of Educator Organizing in Social Justice Caucuses - Lauren Stark, University of Maine at Augusta
The Illusion of Social Justice: Charter School Teachers in a Unionized Environment - Elizabeth Montaño, University of California - Davis
The Promise and Limitations of the 2018–2019 Teacher Strikes - Johanna S Quinn, Fordham University