A decade has passed since a few union leaders formed the network known as Teacher Union Reform Network (TURN) to search for innovative ways to enhance education. Selling their message has not always been easy. Created in 1995, TURN was the brain child of Adam Urbanski, the president of the Rochester (N.Y.) Teachers Association for the past 25 years, and Helen Bernstein, a past UTLA president, who was killed in an accident just two years later. Like Mr. Urbanski, Ms. Bernstein, a former civil rights activist was infused with an urge to expand upon the traditional role of teachers' unions and involve them in bettering education. Now, a decade later, the big question is: Has TURN lived up to the expectations that it set for itself, namely, that teachers' unions should look beyond their traditional role of protecting members' bread-and-butter interests and work to recast themselves with the goal of upgrading student achievement? It is a question that cannot be easily answered. (Contains 2 photographs and 1 figure.)