Taking Charge of Quality: How Teachers and Unions Can Revitalize Schools

CHARLES TAYLOR KERCHNER is Hollis P. Allen professor of educationat Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. He iscoauthor of United Mind Workers: Unions and Teaching in theKnowledge Society, A Union of Professionals, and The Changing Ideaof a Teacher's Union.

JULIA E. KOPPICH is president of Julia E. Koppich and Associates, aSan Francisco-based education consulting firm. She is coauthor ofUnited Mind Workers and A Union of Professionals.

JOSEPH G. WEERES is professor of education at Claremont GraduateSchool and coauthor of United Mind Workers and Voices from theInside: A Report on Schooling from Inside the Classroom.