{"product_id":"the-teacher-insurgency-leo-casey-9781682535554","title":"The Teacher Insurgency: A Strategic and Organizing Perspective","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Teacher Insurgency\u003c\/i\u003e, Leo Casey addresses how the unexpected wave of recent teacher strikes has had a dramatic impact on American public education, teacher unions, and the larger labor movement.\u003c\/b\u003e Casey explains how this uprising was not only born out of opposition to government policies that underfunded public schools and deprofessionalized teaching, but was also rooted in deep-seated changes in the economic climate, social movements, and, most importantly, educational politics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With an eye to maintaining the momentum of the insurgency, the author examines four key strategic questions that have arisen from the strikes: the relationship of mobilization to organizing; the relationship between protests and direct action; the conditions under which teacher strikes are most likely to be successful; and the importance of \"bargaining for the common good.\" More broadly, Casey examines how to organize teachers for collective action, focusing on four discourses of teaching: teaching as nurturance; as professionalism; as labor and craft; and as a vocation of democratic intellectual work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leo Casey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 168253555X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682535554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard Education PR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Leo Casey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990855418111,"sku":"9781682535554","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_08dae25b-e633-40b0-90c2-a38447b6533d.jpg?v=1683307075","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-teacher-insurgency-leo-casey-9781682535554","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}