Described is a teacher strike in Upper Merion, Pennsylvania. The strike centered around the issue of how to evaluate teachers in an era of declining enrollment, and caused a great deal of conflict among teachers, administrators, and the community. (KC)

Education is often referred to as a business and expected to follow standard business practices. An examination of the schools shows that they resemble natural monopolies and service enterprises. Although they have administrative management, they do not have a parallel to production management. When education is viewed as a business, it becomes…