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VanSciver, James H. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1990
Establishing expectations for teachers, identifying deficiencies, providing assistance, and documenting the process are not always effective. School boards, administrators, and teacher unions must commit themselves to making teacher dismissals a realistic option. Otherwise, current reform efforts will consist more of rhetoric than substance. (MLH)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Boards of Education, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Flygare, Thomas J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1983
School boards may permit incumbent teacher unions access to mailboxes while prohibiting rival unions such access. Dissenting justices argued that exclusive access is discrimination and amounts to censorship and infringement of the First Amendment. School boards should consider carefully before granting exclusive access to incumbent unions. (PB)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Associations
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2003
Analyzes New Jersey case involving the jailing of striking teachers who refused to comply with a judge's return-to-work order. (PKP)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
Lieberman, Myron – Phi Delta Kappan, 1985
Critiques Chester Finn's analysis (EA 518 431, this issue) of teachers unions, outlining the ambiguities in Finn's theories. (MD)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Educational Change, Educational Policy
