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The Impact of School Accountability Laws on Measures of Trust between Indiana Public School Superintendents and Teacher Union Leaders within the Forum of Mandatory Discussion
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Downs, Philip G. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examines the impact of the school accountability laws "No Child Left Behind" and Indiana's Public Law 221 on Superintendents' perception of their relationship with the Teachers' Union Leader in their mandatory discussion meetings. Both school accountability laws contain provisions for the Indiana's Department of Education to…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, State Legislation
In Pennsylvania Primary, AFT Hits the Streets
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Hoff, David J. – Education Week, 2008
Every day, 14 retired teachers and other school employees arrive at the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers' headquarters and go to work for Hillary Rodham Clinton. The retirees--working with volunteers and union staff members from as far away as Alaska--are working to inform teachers' union members why the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Unions, Union Members, Political Issues
Teacher Unions and the Politics of Fear in Labor Relations
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Cooper, Bruce S.; Sureau, John – Educational Policy, 2008
Union-management relationships have been filled with fear since the rise of capitalism; public education is no different. Workers fear exploitation by owners (profits depend on it) and capitalist/management has always worried that the working classes will organize and either take over the firm or strike and bring production to a screeching halt.…
Descriptors: Working Class, Charter Schools, Federal Legislation, Collective Bargaining