

How Teachers’ Unions Became Political LeAnn Tue, 05/23/2023 - 10:54 Michael T. Hartney On Tue, 05/23/2023 - 11:39PolicyEd Hoover Daily Report Blank Issue (Placeholder Only) Tuesday, May 23, 2023
The rise of teachers’ unions’ political power in the United States can be traced back to the adoption of public sector labor laws in the 1960s and 1970s, which encouraged the unions to mobilize teachers to shape education policy.