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Hess, Frederick M.; Loup, Cody – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2008
In the era of No Child Left Behind, principals are increasingly held accountable for student performance. But are teacher labor agreements giving them enough flexibility to manage effectively? This study answers this question and others. It examines how much flexibility school leaders enjoy on key dimensions of management in America's fifty…
Descriptors: School Administration, School Districts, School District Size, Contracts
Heldman, Lawrence J.; Reimer, Charles T. – 1969
This study, funded under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, reports results of 31 responses to a questionnaire covering the spectrum of negotiations between local boards of education (employer) and various groups of employees. Employee groups include faculty (professional staff) and non-faculty or service employees. Part One…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Contract Salaries, Contracts, Negotiation Agreements
Heldman, Lawrence J.; Reimer, Charles T. – 1969
Results of 31 responses to a questionnaire covering the spectrum of negotiations which transpired during the school year 1968-69 and resulting in agreements for the school year 1969-70 are reported. The negotiations discussed took place between the local boards of education (employer) and faculty (professional staff) and non-faculty or service…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Contract Salaries, Contracts, Negotiation Agreements
Osterman, Melvin H., Jr. – 1975
Public school collective bargaining will not work unless management approaches negotiations as a two-way street and demands from the union what it requires to protect its own interests. With today's surplus of available teachers, management has the opportunity to reclaim prerogatives it has abdicated through past negotiations. In particular,…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Collective Bargaining, Contracts, Elementary Secondary Education
New York State School Boards Association, Albany. – 1972
This booklet contains clauses taken from actual agreements negotiated by school districts with their employee organizations. The clauses, grouped by subject and chosen for their importance in collective bargaining, illustrate contractual language which should be avoided by school board negotiators. Topics include cash payments upon retirement,…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Class Size, Collective Bargaining, Contracts
Eberts, Randall W.; Pierce, Lawrence C. – 1982
Research findings from a study of collective bargaining in New York and Michigan school districts indicate that collective bargaining does have a significant impact on the allocation of resources in ways that affect student learning. These findings support hypotheses based on the theory that collective bargaining will make a difference in resource…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Contracts, Decision Making, Declining Enrollment