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American Educator, Winter 2006-2007

Volume 30, no. 4

Notebook

Searching for a Comprehensive Reform Model? Skip the Sales Pitch, Now There's an Independent Review

Why Teacher Unions Are Good for Teachers—and the Public

They Protect Teachers' Rights, Support Teacher Professionalism, and Check Administrative Power
Diane Ravitch

Claims That Bargaining Is the Culprit Are Based on Assumptions, Anecdotes, and a Handful of Case Studies

Protecting Academic Standards

How My Union Makes It Possible
Erich Martel

How We Brought Experience to the South Bronx

Cultivating Solutions at the Bargaining Table

Nurturing Teacher Knowledge

How and Why Union-Led Professional Development Is Raising Reading Achievement
Neill S. Rosenfeld

Toledo Teacher Union President: Partner When You Can, Fight When You Must

ER&D: Twenty-Five Years of Union-Sponsored, Research-Based Professional Development

Recognize the Real Cause

It's not Collective Bargaining
F. Howard Nelson

Cultivate the Right Solution

It's Attracting and Retaining Experienced Teachers
Lynn W. Gregory, Nancy Nevarez, Alexandra T. Weinbaum

Ask the Cognitive Scientist: The Usefulness of Brief Instruction in Reading Comprehension Strategies

Daniel T. Willingham