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Intro -- The Rising State -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Foreword -- 1. Setting the Stage: Where State Power and Education Meet -- Part I. State Case Studies -- 2. California -- 3. Kentucky -- 4. New Jersey -- 5. New York -- 6. Texas -- 7. Kansas -- Part II. Comparative and National Trends -- 8. The Roots of Difference in State Educational Policy -- 9. State Power and Equity -- 10. The Incremental Revolution: Nationalizing Education Accountability Policy -- 11. Reading from the Top: State Impact on Reading Curriculum and Instruction -- Part III. Trends and Conclusions -- 12. Improvement or Interference?Reenvisioning the "State"in Education Reform -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

Urban teachers unions, as mature institutions, face three dilemmas. First, they struggle to maintain their ranks through an active role in the preparation/recruitment of new teachers while raising standards (limiting supply) and thus raising demand and salaries. Second, unions seek to become a more powerful national voice for teachers (by attempting to merge the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Assocation while serving the local district needs of their membership. And finally, and most complexly, unions strive to preserve large, monopolistic public education while being aware of the need to reform, restructure, and even privatize schools to drive improvement.