...choice programs and the variety of programs being tested. Although professional educational groups, such as the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, maintain their strong opposition to school choice that includes private schools, they appear more open...

...bargaining, having waited until 1973 to com-nit its resources to compete with more traditional organizations, such as the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, to represent the professoriate in an expanding capacity as a union. As a consequence, it is far behind...

...Dr. Martin. Data submitted by the States in their Annual Program Plans and from teacher organizations such as the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association indicate that there is a need to have inservice training for each regular education teacher and administrator...

...during the summer working in the school system or in other jobs. Many public school teachers belong to unions, such as the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, that bargain with school systems over wages, hours, and the terms and conditions of employment. Related...

...Labor Committee, the Senate Human Resources Committees, vested interest groups in the education sector such as the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, various educational think tanks, university departments of education, and the federal bureaucracy and...

...comparable. Earnings in private schools generally are lower. Many public school teachers belong to unions, such as the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, that bargain with school systems over wages, hours, and the terms and conditions of employment. In...

...comparable to public elementary school teachers who average $34,800. Many public school teachers belong to unions, such as the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, that bargain with school systems over wages, hours, and the terms and conditions of employment. In...

...all other white-collar workers and close to the level of operators and laborers.22 And many of these unions, such as the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, have become bulwarks of the Democratic Party. Even the highest-level professionals have become subject...

...associations of faculty — among them the American Association of University Professors and faculty unions such as the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association. Unions can be problematic when they substitute their own entrenched bureaucracies for grassroots activism;...