| Institution: | Albert Shanker is President of the American Federation of Teachers (since 1974) and Vice-President of the AFL-CIO. Mr. Shanker began his career as a mathematics teacher in the New York City schools. He was elected to the presidency of New York City's United Federation of Teachers in 1964 and still holds that office. Mr. Shanker has been active in numerous civic organizations (including the Jewish Labor Committee, A. Philip Randolph Institute, and League for Industrial Democracy) and advisory groups (including Princeton, Cornell, and International Advisory Council of the Population Institute). He has been a frequent contributor of articles both to national magazines and scholarly journals.;James Gordon Ward is Director of Research for the American Federation of Teachers. He holds three degrees from the State University of New York at Albany, was a secondary school history and English teacher in New York State, and worked in the field of education policy with the New York State United Teachers, the state AFT affiliate in New York. His areas of specialization are education policy;public finance, budgeting, and financial management;and education finance. |
