Table of Contents

Introduction PART ONE: RESEARCH DESIGN 1. Teachers’ Unions and Education Reform: A Review of the Literature 2. Beyond Narrow Assumptions of Interest and Power: A Conceptual Framework 3. Research Design, Case Selection, and Methodology PART TWO: INTERNATIONAL CASES 4. Finland: History and Context 5. Quiet Compromises: Finland’s New Salary System 6. The Canton of Zürich: History and Context 7. Eventually Overcoming Resistance: The MAB System 8. Finland and Zürich: Multiple Pathways to Reform PART THREE: SCHOOL DISTRICT CASES 9. Teachers’ Unions in the United States: A Sub-National Test 10. School District Analysis: A Series of Congruence Tests PART FOUR: CONCLUSION 11. Useful Conflict?: Finding the Path to Progress

About the Author

Lindsay M. Whorton received her DPhil at the University of Oxford, UK and served as Legislative Director to Colorado Senator Mike Johnston. She lives in Washington DC.