Overview Reading 9 | The New Teacher Book: Finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom. pp. 249-272. 

• Moving Beyond the Classroom  By Stan Karp
• Q/A: As a new educator why should I be concerned about school privatization?
• School Funding Basics  By Stan Karp
• Why Teacher Unions Matter  By Bob Peterson
• New Teachers to the Union: Count Us In!  By Gabriel Tanglao

New Map: School Funding Inequality

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