Education is now the largest single enterprise in American Society. Educational employees in 1964 were approximately 3 million of 11.5 million public employees nationally. Principals have an important responsibility in the leadership and direction of such employees. Principals have a critical role to play in ensuring that educational public policy…

Drawing on their experiences and the experiences of others, the authors discuss the personnel, issues, strategies, and procedures involved in collective negotiation. Specific guidelines are offered covering (1) the roles of the school board, the chief school administrator, and the teachers in negotiations; (2) preparations for negotiations; (3)…

Conference efforts were directed toward developing new insights into the trustee's role as it relates to major program areas of an institution. The following areas were discussed and the importance of trustees being informed about them stressed: continuing education, career programs, transfer programs, accreditation, and professional negotiations.…

This handbook presents a number of countermeasures through which boards may more adequately defend the public interest in control of public schools as the demands of militant teacher organizations continue to escalate. The first two sections of the book contain the historical and legal background; parts III, IV, and V present a complete and…

The central thesis of this essay is that schools may be becoming both more political and more bureaucratic because of collective bargaining. (Author/EB)

Presents seven bits of general advice on how to go about reduction in force. (Author/IRT)

Suggests eight ways in which boards of education can select successful negotiating teams. (DS)

The principal must be given authority and must be involved in the process of decision making if he is to fulfill his leadership role in the school. The author delineates the principal's role in the legislative, bargaining, and grievance processes, and touches on the principal's role during strikes. (Editor/JB)

"School personnel from rural and urban school districts had important differences in attitude when compared to school personnel from central city school districts concerning the role of the superintendent in collective negotiations and the scope and structure of the collective negotiation process. (Author)

A description and definition of the type of negotiation currently occurring among teachers, administrators, and boards of education for long-range school improvement programs includes guidelines for negotiating and a detailed agenda that can be used as a model for reaching shared agreements. (CB)

The author's superintendency has been like a good marriage. Both she and the school community feel blessed to have had a true partnership built on mutually held beliefs and convictions, and to have had an opportunity to dream and make their dreams come true. Like most marriages, however, it has been a tremendous amount of work as they have…

Experience indicates that school boards have an inadequate understanding of labor relations, for they tend to relinquish too much of their authority to teachers' associations. A survey of 11 articles pertaining to labor relations from the "American School Board Journal," 1970-82, reveals the following consensus on areas unsuitable for inclusion in…

This book is organized to give the reader an overview of the legal, practical, and technical aspects of grievance handling. The book contains four general sections. The first three chapters constitute the first section and concern the legal framework of contract administration, including constitutional, statutory, and contractual guidelines and…

Over 500 items published between 1964 and 1967 are listed without annotation in seven categories as follows: Journal articles, 344; pamphlets, 64; special articles and monographs, 41; papers, addresses, and memoranda, 27; theses and dissertations, 16; audiovisual materials, 12; and books, 30. (JK)