"Red for Ed" and Other Episodes in The History of Teacher Challenges to the Status Quo

Name: "Red for Ed" and Other Episodes in The History of Teacher Challenges to the Status Quo
Start: 2019-02-19T00:00:00-06:00
End: 2019-02-19T01:00:00-06:00
Location: "Red for Ed" and Other Episodes in The History of Teacher Challenges to the Status Quo

Robert Johnston, University of Illinois at Chicago

Feb 19, 2019

The Newberry

Few expected the recent Red Uprising of teachers in conservative states such as West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Arizona. In this seminar, we will look at that uprising in historical perspective. We will also look at the political history of teachers’ unions more generally over the last century.