Middlebury

EDST1008A-W21

Educ Change/Teacher's Strike

Educational Change and Teachers Strike
From West Virginia to Chicago, teachers – the country’s largest sector of unionized workers – are striking. What are strikes and why do teachers use them? What do they mean for schools and communities? In this course we will examine teachers’ strikes as a way to understand the collisions of race, class, gender, and the state in education. Focusing on episodes of intense friction and controversy, this course will chart liberal, radical, and conservative tendencies in labor and educational history. Using theoretical, historical and contemporary texts about the politics of labor and education, students will critically examine the possibilities and limits for teachers’ organizing.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
11285
Subject Code:
EDST
Course Number:
1008
Section Identifier:
A

Course

EDST 1008

All Sections in Winter 2021

Winter 2021

EDST1008A-W21 Lecture (Schirmer)