Ihe early years : rising from humble beginnings and establishing values (1928-1952)
Creating the United Federation of Teachers (1952-1962)
Rising within the UFT : labor and civil rights together (1962-1965)
Black power and the 1967 teachers' strike (1966-1968)
The Ocean Hill-Brownsville strike and the liberal assault on labor (1968)
Ocean Hill-Brownsville : the fallout (1969)
Rebuilding : recruiting the paraprofessionals, launching the "Where we stand" column, and seeking teacher unity (1969-1972)
Becoming president of the American Federation of Teachers and battling the new politics movement (1972-1974)
"A man by the name of Albert Shanker" : Sleeper and the controversy of power (1973-1975)
Losing power: the New York fiscal crisis and the decline of labor (1974-1976)
Jimmy Carter and the rise of the Reagan Democrats (1976-1980)
Being a Social Democrat under Ronald Reagan : domestic policy (1980-1988)
Being a Social Democrat under Ronald Reagan : foreign policy (1980-1988)
Education reform : A Nation at Risk, merit pay, and peer review (1983-1984)
Beyond special interest : making teaching a profession (1985-1987)
Charter schools and school restructuring (1988-1997)
The early education-standards movement (1989-1994)
The rise of the angry white males and the Gingrich revolution (1992-1995)
Reviving the education-standards movement and the final days (1995-1997)
The legacy of Albert Shanker.
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Tough liberal : Albert Shanker and the battles over schools, unions, race, and democracy by Richard D. Kahlenberg. ISBN 9780231509091. Published by Columbia University Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
