Fact finders should be called on the scene only when an impasse results in a disagreement over facts. Nevertheless, mediators typically recommend fact-finding regardless of the nature of the impasse. Such a move typically exacerbates the controversy instead of settling it. (Author/IRT)

Guide for administrators regarding teacher contract administration, arbitration, and grievance procedures. (LR)

Outlines circumstances under which it would be advantageous for a school board to initiate an unfair labor practice suit against the teachers' union. (IRT)

Argues that collective bargaining in the public sector poses insuperable obstacles to educational reform because of the combined effects of the time required for bargaining and mediation and the vested interests of teachers' unions in maintaining the status quo. Reform proposals have thus far failed to take account of the dynamics of collective…