The Plea of the Land: "Teach Our Children Better". Legislated Educational Reform and National Education Association Affiliates: Stakeholder Reports in Minnesota, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania

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dc.contributor.advisorCharles Dwyer
dc.contributor.authorCatz, Phyllis Fox
dc.date2023-05-17T13:16:04.000
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-22T16:37:13Z
dc.date.available2016-03-09T00:00:00Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.date.submitted2016-03-08T11:37:01-08:00
dc.description.abstractSince the 1983 publication of A Nation at Risk, our country has engaged in an educational reform movement. This study examines the intervening years of National Education Association (NEA) state affiliate key members' activities and attitudes in Minnesota, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania involved with state-legislated educational reform. A neglected issue in A Nation at Risk is teacher unionism on reforms. Exploratory field study conducted (1988-89) unearthed salient issues. Five major variables considered in selection of states studied include: known unionism level; reform degree undertaken legislatively since 1983; value ascribed and citation frequency of reform; accessibility of significant players; and Elazar's state political cultures' category: moralistic, individualistic, or traditionalistic. Including return 1995 site visits, more than fifty people interviewed revealed state NEA affiliate involvement for construction or obstruction in legislated educational reform. A major question of this study is "What are the involvements and/or impacts of the National Education Association's affiliate groups in or on legislated reform policy decisions in three states?" The findings in three politically and educationally different states may prove significant to researchers and "reformers" who want to optimize forward movement. The analysis of selected cases articulates detrimental or helpful patterns and processes in making educational improvements in regard to NEA affiliate groups' involvements.
dc.description.degreeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/28356
dc.legacy.articleid3347
dc.legacy.fulltexturlhttps://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3347&context=edissertations&unstamped=1
dc.source.issue1535
dc.source.journalPublicly Accessible Penn Dissertations
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subject.otherteacher unions
dc.subject.otherEducation
dc.subject.otherEducational Administration and Supervision
dc.subject.otherLabor History
dc.subject.otherLabor Relations
dc.subject.otherUnions
dc.titleThe Plea of the Land: "Teach Our Children Better". Legislated Educational Reform and National Education Association Affiliates: Stakeholder Reports in Minnesota, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania
dc.typeDissertation/Thesis
digcom.contributor.authorCatz, Phyllis Fox
digcom.date.embargo2016-03-09T00:00:00-08:00
digcom.identifieredissertations/1535
digcom.identifier.contextkey8287581
digcom.identifier.submissionpathedissertations/1535
digcom.typedissertation
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upenn.graduate.groupEducation
upenn.schoolDepartmentCenterGraduate School of Education Dissertations
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