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Hess, Frederick M., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2005
An indispensable book for administrators, policymakers, scholars, and practitioners, "Urban School Reform" presents a revealing portrait of reform efforts while identifying the full range of issues that education reformers will need to address in districts across the country in the years ahead. Today's urban school reformers face a…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Educational Change, School Districts, Educational Improvement
Streshly, William A.; DeMitchell, Todd A. – 1994
This book is designed to provide school administrators and labor leaders with ideas about how to improve school district labor relations by incorporating the principles of Total Quality Management (TQM). In schools that apply the principles of Total Quality Education (TQE)--that is TQM as it modified to school practice--labor and management can…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education, Employer Employee Relationship, Labor Relations
Ribas, William B. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2005
Creating a system for successfully supervising and evaluating the entire teaching staff of a school district is a daunting task. An effective system-wide program can only be achieved if the administrators, teachers and the teachers' association understand and attend to the educational, legal, public relations (political), and social-emotional…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Supervision, Program Administration, Program Effectiveness
Julius, Daniel J., Ed. – 1993
This book contains 25 essays on the subject of industrial relations divided into the following parts: Essays and their authors are as follows: "The Context of Collective Bargaining in American Colleges and Universities" (Kenneth P. Mortimer); "Transformation of the U.S. Collective Bargaining System: The Impact on Higher Education" (James P.…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, Colleges, Comparable Worth
Clear, Delbert K. – 1983
Reviewed in this chapter are decisions handed down in 1982 involving aspects of collective bargaining. Much of this litigation is perceived as rooted in attempts by school boards to upset awards of arbitrators or by efforts of employees' associations to consolidate dearly-won power; these actions result from many boards' and associations'…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Keane, William G. – 1996
This book was designed to help school administrators, board members, and teachers improve effectiveness and cooperation at the bargaining table. It charts the history of collective bargaining and discusses changes now taking place in education that will likely affect negotiations. Following the overview of collective-bargaining history in chapter…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Conflict Resolution
Young, Virginia G., Ed. – 1995
This book defines the role and obligations of the library trustee in a wide range of situations and also discusses keys to successful communication between the trustee and library director, staff, and patron. Chapters are: (1) "The Trustee in Today's World" (F. William Summers); (2) "Duties and Responsibilities of Trustees"…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship
Tracey, William R., Ed. – 1994
This revised handbook on the theory and practice of human resources management and development (HRM/D) focuses on people management and the personnel development processes. The book's 18 parts and 102 chapters by 107 contributors provide authoritative and comprehensive information on every aspect of modern HRM/D. Part 1 provides an overview of…
Descriptors: Employee Assistance Programs, Employer Employee Relationship, Human Resources, Job Training