Nick Juravich is an assistant professor of history and labor studies and the associate director of the Labor Resource Center at UMass Boston.

• Acknowledgments Introduction    In Search of Para Power From Aides to Paras: Creating New Forms of Educational Work “They Made Themselves Essential”: Paraprofessional Educators Go to Work in New York City, 1967–1970 “The Triumph of the Paraprofessionals”: Paraprofessional Educators Unionize in New York City, 1967–1970 "You Can Never Believe Your Good Luck”: Paraprofessional Educators and Their Allies in New York City in the 1970s A Union of Paraprofessionals? The American Federation of Teachers and Paraprofessional Organizing in the 1970s New Careers and Parent Implementation: New York Models for Federal Education Programs “Mayor Koch, Meet a Workaholic”: Fiscal Crisis, Political Realignment, and the End of the Paraprofessional Movement Epilogue    Paraprofessional Educators on the Front Lines, Once Again Notes Bibliography Index

“Para Power lifts up inspiring voices of education activists who struggled for collective power at the intersection of women's, workers’, and civil rights during a pivotal historical moment. Juravich’s analysis offers indispensable lessons for all who are committed to defending the common good today.”--Jessica Wender-Shubow, former president, Brookline Educators Union

Nick Juravich is an assistant professor of history and labor studies and the associate director of the Labor Resource Center at UMass Boston.

• Acknowledgments Introduction    In Search of Para Power From Aides to Paras: Creating New Forms of Educational Work “They Made Themselves Essential”: Paraprofessional Educators Go to Work in New York City, 1967–1970 “The Triumph of the Paraprofessionals”: Paraprofessional Educators Unionize in New York City, 1967–1970 "You Can Never Believe Your Good Luck”: Paraprofessional Educators and Their Allies in New York City in the 1970s A Union of Paraprofessionals? The American Federation of Teachers and Paraprofessional Organizing in the 1970s New Careers and Parent Implementation: New York Models for Federal Education Programs “Mayor Koch, Meet a Workaholic”: Fiscal Crisis, Political Realignment, and the End of the Paraprofessional Movement Epilogue    Paraprofessional Educators on the Front Lines, Once Again Notes Bibliography Index

“Para Power lifts up inspiring voices of education activists who struggled for collective power at the intersection of women's, workers’, and civil rights during a pivotal historical moment. Juravich’s analysis offers indispensable lessons for all who are committed to defending the common good today.”--Jessica Wender-Shubow, former president, Brookline Educators Union

Nick Juravich is an assistant professor of history and labor studies and the associate director of the Labor Resource Center at UMass Boston.

• Acknowledgments Introduction    In Search of Para Power From Aides to Paras: Creating New Forms of Educational Work “They Made Themselves Essential”: Paraprofessional Educators Go to Work in New York City, 1967–1970 “The Triumph of the Paraprofessionals”: Paraprofessional Educators Unionize in New York City, 1967–1970 "You Can Never Believe Your Good Luck”: Paraprofessional Educators and Their Allies in New York City in the 1970s A Union of Paraprofessionals? The American Federation of Teachers and Paraprofessional Organizing in the 1970s New Careers and Parent Implementation: New York Models for Federal Education Programs “Mayor Koch, Meet a Workaholic”: Fiscal Crisis, Political Realignment, and the End of the Paraprofessional Movement Epilogue    Paraprofessional Educators on the Front Lines, Once Again Notes Bibliography Index

“Para Power lifts up inspiring voices of education activists who struggled for collective power at the intersection of women's, workers’, and civil rights during a pivotal historical moment. Juravich’s analysis offers indispensable lessons for all who are committed to defending the common good today.”--Jessica Wender-Shubow, former president, Brookline Educators Union