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	Albert Shanker Institute-About Shanker
		Albert Shanker, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, was born on Manhattan's Lower East Side on Sept. 14, 1928.
		Al Shanker was a man of many ideas.
		A Speech that Shook the Field," and "Al Shanker Remembered;" an article in that newspaper's retrospective of the 20th century, titled "The Paradoxical Teacher;" and a tribute article, "Albert Shanker’s Legacy," by Richard Kahlenberg.
	www.shankerinstitute.org /aboutal.html (546 words)

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		Shanker, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, was born in 1928 and raised in New York City.
		Shanker's rise coincided with a shift in the civil rights movement from demands for political rights and formal equality, centered in the South and depending on a strategy of massive civil disobedience and alliance with white liberals, to more radical demands for economic equality.
		Shanker insisted that the AFT needed to be in the forefront of a crusade for standards and professionalism.
	www.solidarity-us.org /shank69.txt (2618 words)

	Education Next: Philosopher or king? The ideas and strategy of legendary AFT leader Albert Shanker - Feature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Shanker was asked to join the boards of the Spencer Foundation and the Twentieth Century Fund, "one of only a handful of labor leaders to serve as a foundation trustee," one expert noted.
		Shanker gained a hearing for his ideas from both liberals and conservatives, not by taking moderate positions that consistently split the difference, but by embracing a coherent philosophy that sometimes led to "liberal" policy conclusions, other times to "conservative" ones.
		Shanker was as apt to criticize public schools as he was to condemn those who would eviscerate them, as likely to call for higher standards for teachers as he was to protect their tenure rights.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0MJG/is_3_3/ai_104835533 (1309 words)

	The Workmen's Circle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Al Shanker served as an officer of the JLC, organizing seminars for labor leaders from all over the world in Israel, which he felt was the appropriate setting to address the issues of racism and anti-Semitism.
		Al Shanker was the child of Jewish working-class immigrants; his first language was Yiddish.
		Al Shanker's life is a reminder to all of us in The WORKMEN'S CIRCLE/ARBETER RING that our fundamental values are the right values and that they are worth fighting for.
	www.circle.org /forward/970307.htm (515 words)

	Linda Chavez (conservative activist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She was responsible for editing that organization's publications, and was a close confidante of Al Shanker, the AFT's president.
		While she believed in President Shanker's personal philosophy of unionism, she eventually came to feel that many in the organization were intent on moving the union in another direction after Shanker's inevitable passing.
		She left the AFT in 1983, causing what she stated was a painful personal rift between her and Shanker.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Linda_Chavez (736 words)

	Remembering Al Shanker
		Today, however, with the nation under attack, the very principles that Al Shanker championed look particularly appealing, as Americans may be gaining a new appreciation for certain enduring values: the unifying power of public schools, the solidarity of labor, and the need to avoid the dangers of racial and ethnic balkanization.
		Shanker, then the president of the local United Federation of Teachers, said the teachers shouldn't be removed without due process, and closed down the entire New York City school system in a strike lasting more than a month.
		Shanker's vision, which tied together the various positions that superficial political categories would label as contradictory, was of course more than common sense: It was a coherent philosophy that consciously privileged democracy over capitalism.
	www.tcf.org /list.asp?type=NC&pubid=903 (1720 words)

	Cheney gets Shanked.
		Shanker is extremely careful—with a degree of transparency rare in this sort of article—to document the known knowns and the known unknowns—evidence, perhaps, of an embarrassed consciousness on the part of the Times over its recent history of "insufficient skepticism" toward Iraq-related intelligence:
		Shanker says it's "not clear whether the commission knew of this document" before the staff report was released, then goes on to note Cheney's insinuation that he "might have been privy to more information than the commission had" on the topic.
		Shanker says it's "unclear" whether the document was seen by the commission.
	blogs.salon.com /0003364/stories/2004/06/25/cheneyGetsShanked.html (1170 words)

	Philosopher or King? - Education Next - Spring 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Shanker realized that the transformation of vouchers from a theoretical idea proposed by conservative economists in the 1950s to a viable political threat by the late 1970s gave union leaders the opportunity to engage in public school reform as never before.
		Shanker was committed to a strong union movement for the same reason he was a strong cold warrior and a promoter of common standards: in his view, they all served democratic values.
		Shanker later made an inspired link between his push for standards and the nascent idea of charter schools, publicly funded schools that would operate independently of school districts but be subject to tough performance requirements.
	www.educationnext.org /20033/34.html (3031 words)

	PBS: Think Tank: Transcript for "The State of the Unions"
		SHANKER: Well, the private sector has been in decline, but thepublic sector has been growing, so the overall effect over the lastthree years is that the actual number has remained pretty constant.Of course, since there are more and more jobs, it does mean that it'sa smaller percentage of the work force.
		SHANKER: Well, it was a very unpleasant experience because,first of all, everybody came with -- the people on the Sweeney sidehad manuals, actually, which said, 'Cheer at this point,' or 'Makethis statement,' or -- et cetera.
		SHANKER: Yes, because first is that the proposals that I justmade, which would really transform the labor movement substantially,were by and large rejected by the people who are now the winners.
	www.pbs.org /thinktank/transcript232.html (3598 words)

	American Federation of Teachers - dKosopedia
		Shanker was the notable exception, using the findings of the report to launch a call for higher standards and more resources for schools.
		Shanker was widely accused of racism for his role in the Ocean Hill Brownsville strike and his opposition to quota based affirmative action, yet he was a civil rights activist who marched at Selma with Dr. King and was a lifelong friend of Bayard Rustin.
		Shanker was a hawk who was very closely affiliated with the Scoop Jackson wing of the Democratic party.
	www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/American_Federation_of_Teachers (1910 words)

	Albert Shanker Institute-AT9
		One reporter who recently traveled to Al Shanker’s home for an interview was struck by a curious fact: The man synonymous with school reform in the United States devoted more library shelf space to books on cooking than to those on education.
		Shanker frequently visited a Salvation Army store that, for many years, was just a block from the AFT headquarters in Washington, D.C. He once returned from the shop with a floor radio similar to one his family had when he was a child—a collectible that had a particular resonance with him.
		An audiophile, Shanker was always visiting stereo stores; in addition to his own superb equipment at home and at the office, he loved assembling stereo components for friends and staff, marking ads in magazines with the specific models and best prices.
	www.shankerinstitute.org /AT/teacher9.html (1153 words)

	Guest Comment on NRO
		In Woody Allen’s comedic flic, Sleeper, Al Shanker was the fellow who got his finger on the nuclear button and destroyed the planet.
		Al Shanker was Chavez’s mentor early in her career.
		Shanker never wavered from his principled Scoop Jackson liberalism, advocating a strong national defense and opposing racial preferences and educational gimmicks.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment010801b.shtml (382 words)

	Reason magazine -- January 1998
		Shanker won the nation's first collective bargaining agreement and was jailed twice for leading violence-riddled strikes in New York City.
		But Shanker himself realized early on that the influence and tactics of the teachers unions as traditional labor organizations would eventually bring down the quality and status of public education.
		Shanker accomplished this by embracing certain "conservative" issues, such as "back to basics" curricular changes, implementing and raising standards for graduation and promotion, and public school choice, while denouncing the NEA's positions.
	www.reason.com /9801/bk.seder.shtml (1275 words)

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		Hillary and I had occasion to be with Al on so many different occasions, and one of the previous speakers said, you know, if you go to enough of these education meetings the usual suspects are rounded up, and after a while we could all give each other's speech -- (laughter) -- except for Al.
		I was always consulting Al who was there -- trying to draw out of him exactly how we ought to write this so that in the end we could actually wind up with not just goals, but standards that would apply to our schools and students across the country.
		Al Shanker's life fully reflected the wisdom of the words of Herman Melville -- I bring out this quote from time to time and I don't think I know anyone it applies to better.
	clinton6.nara.gov /1997/04/1997-04-09-president-remarks-at-al-shankar-memorial-service.html (1951 words)

	AFT: Publications: American Teacher: April 2002 News & Trends
		A pioneer in collective bargaining for teachers, Al Shanker also was one of the country's most influential voices on education reform, a leader for human and civil rights in the United States and abroad, and a relentless defender of democracy and freedom.
		"Al Shanker was a teacher's teacher--brilliant, logical, caring and deeply committed," said Sandra Feldman, then president of the United Federation of Teachers in New York City who later was elected to succeed Shanker as the AFT president.
		Shanker's contributions to public policy, to human rights and the labor movement were immeasurable.
	www.aft.org /pubs-reports/american_teacher/apr02/news_trends.html (1441 words)

	Online NewsHour: Teaching a Lesson -- August 22, 1996
		Al Shanker is the president of the American Federation of Teachers, the nation's second largest teachers union, with nearly 1 million members.
		AL SHANKER, American Federation of Teachers: (New York City) Well, this is just pure politics and teacher bashing.
		Shanker knows, I tried to raise the pay of Tennessee teachers by 70 percent if they were among the master teachers and 20 percent for all of them.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/education/teachers_unions_8-22.html (2200 words)

	"Continuing Al Shanker's legacy." Dec. 4, 2002. New York Teacher. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The curving blue wall of the new Albert Shanker Conference Center is a testament to the man whose portrait it supports - a pillar of strength and a legendary union leader.
		The statewide union recently honored Shanker, founding co-president of NYSUT and former president of the American Federation of Teachers, with the dedication of its state-of-the-art Albert Shanker Conference Center at the union's new headquarters.
		Shanker served 10 years as president of the UFT, where he led unionists in support of Martin Luther King Jr.'s campaign for southern voter registration drives.
	www.nysut.org /newyorkteacher/2002-2003/021204shanker.html (611 words)

	Editorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		If Al Shanker were remembered for only one thing, it should be his courage.
		Al Shanker was a champion not only of America's teachers, but of America's students.
		Al spent his life in pursuit of one of the noblest of causes: the improvement of our public schools....
	mtprof.msun.edu /Spr1997/SHANKER.html (346 words)

	AERA-C Archives -- March 1997, week 2 (#5) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Al Shanker (1928-1997) On Saturday, February 22nd, Al Shanker, president of the American Federation of Teachers, died after a three year battle with bladder cancer.
		Al was well known for his campaign for uniform and high national standards for students and teachers.
		The chef, Shanker wrote, "has tested the results and refined procedures until he had created a recipe that was excellent and certain to succeed.
	lists.asu.edu /cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9703b&L=aera-c&T=0&F=&S=&P=413 (756 words)

	UFT - Sidebar: Shanker Still the Head of his Class
		Over the years Shanker's passions have included photography, baking and wine-making -- he'd buy grapes by the bushel for pressing and keep up to 300 gallons of wine aging in barrels in his basement.
		Each time, I push the pause button on the tape recorder and, so as not to appear as if I'm eavesdropping, stare at the ceiling or out the window.Invariably, within a minute or so, I would forget where we were in the conversation.
		Shanker, he said, had a reputation among reporters for straight answers,sometimes to a fault.
	www.uft.org /about/history/shanker_ahead (583 words)

	Matthew Yglesias: NEA vs. AFT?
		The AFT, when led by Al Shanker, for a while at least had a less ideological view of education policy.
		Shanker practically invented the concept of charter schools, but locals in many cities have fought charters.
		Shanker and others have spoken in favor of performance-based pay, but the Cincinnati local ousted a local president who had bargained for a form of performance-based pay.
	yglesias.typepad.com /matthew/2004/07/nea_vs_aft.html (3286 words)

	New York Daily News - City News - Juan Gonzalez: Freedom fighter Feldman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Al Shanker, the union's legendary leader, had secretly dispatched Altomare to help Galamison's Committee for Intergrated Schools put together a citywide student boycott of the New York school system.
		Shanker saw the transfers as a threat to due process for his members.
		In 1986, after Shanker passed the mantle of UFT president to her, Feldman began an all-out and successful effort to repair her union's frayed relations with fl and Latino parents.
	www.nydailynews.com /news/local/story/347958p-296966c.html (728 words)

	Commentary Magazine - "Amistad"; Albert Shanker; affirmative action; etc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		...Finn's habit of pretending that Al's fight against totalitarianism and isolationism, his positions on improving the quality of schools and teaching, and on teacherunion reform were merely his personal perspectives rather than the policies and active work of the American Federation of Teachers...
		...Al saw the dangers of multiculturalism to the assimilationist mission of the public schools while the NEA pushed for more of it...
		...Al insisted that student tests should have consequences (such as determining whether a person can get admitted to college) while the NEA joined the anti-testing crusade...
	www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V105I6P7-1.htm (8058 words)

	Albert Shanker: No Flowers
		Albert Shanker's chief historic role was to pour gasoline on the spreading fire.
		Shanker had a personal stake in the spotlight, according to friend and foe, amounting to megalomania.
		Shanker's commitment could be measured, in later years, in his virulent opposition to "world history" efforts which he described as "a travesty" for failing to accord a central heroic place to the West at large and America in particular.
	www.wpunj.edu /newpol/issue23/buhle23.htm (3567 words)

	The Legacy of Albert Shanker. The Blum Center for Parental Freedom in Education. David W. Kirkpatrick on ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		On February 22, 1997, the nation lost its best-known teacher union leader when Al Shanker's long battle with cancer ended with his death in a New York hospital.
		In 1988, Shanker suggested giving the lowest achieving 5% of public school students free scholarships to attend private schools to see how well these schools would do with them.
		In 1990 Shanker said "I would be willing to give parents a right to choose schools in exchange for granting autonomy to professionals." The same year he said if teachers want to have more say about how schools function, they must give parents and students the right to choose the school of their choice.
	www.schoolreport.com /schoolreport/newsletters/Blum_3_97.htm (1408 words)

	AFT - Publications - American Educator - Fall 2005 - Notebook
		The timelines, penalties, and funding of this legislation are all highly controversial, as is the question of whether it intrudes on state and local control of education.
		At the same time, he found that high-performing Asian nations tend to have common, clearly defined academic standards, high expectations, large heterogeneous classes, and a cadre of highly trained teachers who are given ample time to work together to perfect lessons that include a lot of hands-on exercises for students.
		These findings, as Al Shanker said in a 1992 New York Times column, challenged us “to take a new look at some education practices that we have come to take for granted....
	www.aft.org /pubs-reports/american_educator/issues/fall2005/notebook.htm (1544 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		AFT President Al Shanker had in fact floated the proposal in a talk at the National Press Club in the spring of that year.
		Ray Budde's proposal was actually for a restructuring of the district: for moving from "a four-level line and staff organization" to "a two-level form in which groups of teachers would receive educational charters directly from the school board" and would carry the responsibility for instruction.
		It further modified the concepts advanced by Budde and Shanker, envisioning a framework of state policy and the possibility of schools being authorized by the state as well as by a local board.
	www.educationevolving.org /eblast-6.html (1814 words)

	The Saturn School of Tomorrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In early 1986, AFT President Al Shanker visited Minnesota and asked, "Why not a General Motors Saturn plant approach in our schools?" Shanker called for teacher and student empowerment, a sit-based management model, new roles for staff members -- innovations not unlike the changes taking place in the automobile industry.
		Motivated by Shanker's urging, we felt we were in the right place at the right time to develop a re-tooled, transformed, completely redesigned school in which virtually every student could and would learn.
		Shanker has proposed that the federal government establish a trust fund, the interest from which could be used to reward those schools and teachers that create effective new models of change.
	www.ed.psu.edu /insys/ESD/saturn/ben-king.htm (2118 words)

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