Terry M. Moe: Special Interest: Teachers Unions and America's Public Schools

A number of smart people got advanced copies of my latest book, Special Interest: Teachers Unions and America's Public Schools. They had many insights and said a lot of nice things. Eric Hanushek, my colleague at the Hoover Institution and on the Koret Task Force on K-12 Education wrote that the book, "shines a bright light on perhaps the most under-researched topic in all of education policy. This is a theoretical and empirical tour de force, revealing what makes the teachers unions tick and why they are absolutely central to any discussions of education reform." Joel Klein, CEO of News Corp. Education Division and former Chancellor of New York City Public Schools said that in this "bare-knuckled and brilliant account" the book "shows how the teachers unions use their unmatched political power to control virtually every aspect of educational policy and practice. The result, not surprisingly, is a system that protects the interests of employees at the expense of our kids. Click here to learn more about Special Interest: Teachers Unions and America's Public Schools.