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A Cry for Justice: The Voices of Chinese Workers is a new Institute report based on first-hand interviews conducted by Han Dongfang, China's leading labor rights advocate, with workers across China.
TOUGH LIBERAL The Shanker Institute recommends a new biography on the life of Albert Shanker by Richard Kahlenberg, Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race and Democracy. Purchase books at a special Shanker Institute rate of $18.00 from the AFT Bookstore.
ASI Launches "Good School" Seminars
This series focuses on the union's
role in shaping the "good school." The initial June 4-5, 2007 seminar
was entitled "Unions, Teaching Quality, and Student Achievement,"
the Jan. 29-30 seminar focused on
"Developing the Teaching Corps We
Need."
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