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Across the United States, we are in the midst of a great struggle over the nation’s education system. On one side is a bipartisan effort to privatize schools and undermine the promise of public education. Opposing that effort are large numbers of parents and teachers.
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Weiner, L. (2015). The Teachers’ Trifecta: Democracy, Social Justice, Mobilization. In: Bascia, N. (eds) Teacher Unions in Public Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137426567_12
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