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Quinn, Rand; Carl, Nicole Mittenfelner – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2013
Urban districts throughout the nation are contending with declining enrollment, aging facilities in disrepair, persistently low student achievement, increased competition with charters, and severe fiscal constraints. Philadelphia is a case in point. Over the past year, the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) was forced to borrow $304 million…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Activism, Advocacy, Parent Participation
Lebda, James J. – American School Board Journal, 1987
To address the professional needs of principals and other middle management supervisors, school boards might consider meet-and-discuss sessions, a middle ground between unilateral board action and collective bargaining. Sessions are nonbinding, produce better decisions, confront root causes of job dissatisfaction, and can strengthen the management…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Compensation (Remuneration), Discussion