Para Power: How Paraprofessional Labor Changed Education

An episode of the Tales from the Reuther Library podcast, hosted by Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, titled "Para Power: How Paraprofessional Labor Changed Education" was published on August 21, 2025 and runs 59 minutes.

August 21, 2025 ·59m · Tales from the Reuther Library

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Episode Description

Dr. Nick Juravich discusses the experiences of the first-generation of paraprofessional educators in New York City in the 1960s-1980s and their impact on the city’s educational system, community relations, and public sector unions. Juravich is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Boston and author of Para Power: How Paraprofessional Labor Changed Education.

Related Resources:
Para Power: How Paraprofessional Labor Changed Education

Related Collections:
AFT President’s Office: Albert Shanker Records
AFT Massachusetts Federation of Teachers Records (LR001071)
Kansas City Federation of Teachers, Local 691 Records (LR000624)
United Educators of San Francisco Local 61 Records (LR000524)

Episode Credits
Interviewee: Nick Juravich
Producers: Dan Golodner and Troy Eller English
Music: Bart Bealmear

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