ABSTRACT
Urban presents the NEA in its historical context, turning a fair and clear eye on this powerful and controversial organization, and using this context to both criticize and commend. The culmination of a three decade long study, this unique volume presents an unusually thorough and much needed holistic view of the NEA.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter Chapter 1|41 pages
Professionalism in Process
The Reform of the National Education Association, 1917–30
chapter Chapter 2|37 pages
Professionalism and Educational Equity
The National Education Association in the 1930s
chapter Chapter 4|41 pages
An Exaggerated Sense of Accomplishment
The National Education Association in the 1950s
chapter Chapter 5|39 pages
The Making of a Teachers’ Union
The National Education Association, 1960–73
chapter Chapter 7|33 pages
Back to Professionalism
The National Education Association in the Past Twenty-five Years
