Albert Shanker
Albert Shanker
Albert Shankerwas president of the United Federation of Teachers from 1964 to 1985 and president of the American Federation of Teachersfrom 1974 to 1997...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth14 September 1928
CountryUnited States of America
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The teachers unions are the clearest example of a group that has lost its way. Whenever anyone dares to offer a new idea, the unions protest the loudest. Their attitude was memorably expressed by a longtime president of the American Federation of Teachers: He said, quote, 'When school children start paying union dues, that's when I'll start representing the interests of children.'
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a leader of immense stature who always spoke his mind.
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As teachers, we must constantly try to improve schools and we must keep working at changing and experimenting and trying until we have developed ways of reaching every child.