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The Alabama Education Association is a professional organization that represents the teachers of public schools in the state of Alabama. It is based in the state capital of Montgomery.

History

One of the mandates of Reconstruction placed on the former Confederate states was that each had to write a new constitution acceptable to Congress before rejoining the Union. Alabama drafted a new state constitution in 1868. In the section on education, the following line was added: "And proper provision shall be made for the education of the children of white and colored persons in separate schools." [1] This helped create a system of education that would come to be known as separate but equal. As a result of this divide, two professional associations arose to represent teachers in the divided schools system. The association to represent teachers in White schools was known as the Alabama Education Association while the one representing teachers in Non-White schools was known as the Alabama State Teachers Association.[2]

Modern Era

Though it is officially a professional organization, it performs many of the same functions as a trade union, and is thus frequently referred to as such by the news media and other writers, as well as political opponents.[3][4][5] (State law prevents public employees from being represented by a union per se, hence the designation.) [6] As a professional association, AEA is not able to call for strikes or participate in collective bargaining.

The AEA is headed by Executive Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hubbert, who was the Democratic Party nominee for the 1990 gubernatorial election.

References

  1. ^ "Alabama Constitutional Convention of December 5, 1867". Legislature of Alabama. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  2. ^ Gray, Jerome A.; Reed, Joe L.; Walton, Norman W. (1987). History of the Alabama State Teachers Association. National Education Association. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. ^ Philips, Rena Havner (2009-11-20). "AEA chief Paul Hubbert says he'll battle to keep charter schools out of Alabama". The Press-Register. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Altman, George (2009-10-09). "Bill allowing easier firing of teachers convicted of crimes gets bipartisan support". The Press-Register. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ Yeager, Andrew (2010-03-10). "Charter School Politics". WBHM.
  6. ^ http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-2528 "Thus, AEA is probably one of the leading state education associations in the nation in terms of representing teachers without union representation, which is the case for many states outside the South."
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