The Politics of the Pta - Couverture rigide

Haar, Charlene

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0765800845 ISBN 13 : 9780765800848

Editeur : Transaction Publishers, 2002

Synopsis

The Parent Teacher Association (PTA) is one of our nation's largest and most respected organizations. Because of its size and influence, the PTA is often viewed as a key player in the formation of education policy. Mainstream coverage of the PTA and its activities reflects an assumption that it is a beneficent group of parents dedicated solely to the betterment of children and enhancement of our nation's public schools. In this groundbreaking new book. Charlene K. Haar assesses the PTA from a critical perspective and shows that these common perceptions of the organization are misguided. Haar surveys the organization's history and demonstrates its longstanding tendency to involve itself in issues of little or no relevance to education policy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Charlene K. Haar is president of the Education Policy Institute and a research associate at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center at Bowling Green State University. She is a coauthor of The NEA and AFT: Teacher Unions in Power and Politics (with Myron Lieberman and Leo Troy, 1994), and is the author or coauthor of numerous published articles on teacher unions and PTA issues

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Transaction Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0765800845
• ISBN 13: 9780765800848
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 260
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible