Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race, and Democracy
- ISBN-10
- 0231134975
- ISBN-13
- 9780231134972
- Category
- Labor leaders
- Pages
- 524
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-07
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Author
- Richard D. Kahlenberg
Description
Richard D. Kahlenberg offers a narrative on the man who would become one of the most important voices in public education and American politics in the last quarter century - Albert Shanker.
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