ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the changing roles of American teachers; No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top: highly qualified teachers; the rewards of teaching; teacher turnover; teachers' unions and teacher politics; a brief history of the National Education Association; a brief history of the American Federation of Teachers; performance-based pay; the assault on teachers unions' collective bargaining rights; 2016 national election: teacher unions and teacher rights; should teachers strike and teachers' rights.
