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Topic: What is the role of teachers' unions and educational professional associations in the 21st century? Posted By: Only A Teacher Date: 03 Mar 2001 7:26 PM
As I have seen through my mother who is a first grade teacher in Idaho,
the school districts' education association has worked together for pay
increase steadily through the past years. They chose a spokesman to
speak with the school board on teachers' pay increase. Eventually,
they received an increase. But, only certain teachers were members of
the education association. It seemed that the newer, younger teachers
would have no part in it. The older teachers were the individuals who
took an active part and worked for the pay increase together, for every
teacher.
