Charter schools see as many as one in four teachers leave annually, and recent evidence attributes much of this turnover to provisions affected by collective bargaining processes and state laws such as salary, benefits, job security, and working hours. There have been many recent efforts to improve teacher voice in charter schools (Kahlenberg…

This study looks at the policies and practices shaping teacher quality in the Kansas City, Missouri School District (KCMSD). It is part of a series of analyses by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) in school districts across the nation. Framing this analysis are five policy goals for improving teacher quality: (1) Staffing. Teacher…

The present analysis estimates the impact of collective bargaining on the earning of public school teachers in the state of Missouri and compares the results with those obtained in a previous study in California. Section A briefly outlines the measures of the impact of bargaining used in both the studies. Section B compares the legal status of…

Examines teachers' union activity in large school districts in the 11 states without collective-bargaining legislation, using a supply-and-demand model of municipal labor markets and least-squares regression analysis. Average teacher salary in districts with collective-bargaining agreements was 9.5% higher than average salary in districts without…