Taking public education for granted -- The unprofession of teaching -- Rudely awakened -- The factoryizing of education -- The anvil of democracy -- Can't get no respect! -- Tenure anyone? -- A century of tea and crumpets -- The hundred- dollar mistake -- The Michigan Education Association -- Unionization in, administrators out -- Black and white together -- The revolution engulfs NEA -- Taking a walk in Florida -- NEA and AFT clash -- The New York and Florida tango -- Off to Tallahassee -- Off to Washington -- The politics of education -- Meritless pay -- NEA and AFT : an urge to merge -- New unionism -- The quest to privatize education -- Some thoughts about the future
