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Download full textCurry, Michael C.; Wolf, Lora L. – Education Leadership Review of Doctoral Research, 2017
The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the priority level of the roles and responsibilities of the superintendent/principal in Illinois as perceived by board of education presidents, teachers' union presidents, and practicing superintendent/principals in the 102 Illinois school districts utilizing the superintendent/principal model.…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Superintendents, Principals, Administrator Role
Direct linkSawchuk, Stephen – Education Week, 2012
Chicago teachers voted last week to suspend a 7-day-old strike, sending some 350,000 students back to the classroom and paving the way for the teaching force to vote on a tentative contract. But for many in the Windy City, the contract has raised another potentially tall hurdle: how the cash-strapped district will manage to pay for it. District…
Descriptors: Unions, Boards of Education, Teacher Strikes, Teaching Experience
Forner, Mark; Bierlein-Palmer, Louann; Reeves, Patricia – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2012
This study examined the leadership practices of seven rural superintendents, selected via a sampling strategy which identified disadvantaged rural districts that had experienced marked increased in test scores during the superintendent's tenure. Researchers examined how the practices of these superintendents were linked to Waters and Marzano's…
Descriptors: Leadership Effectiveness, Superintendents, Principals, Case Studies
Williams, Joe – Education Next, 2007
Considerable attention has been paid to the most blatant barriers that public charter schools face. By lobbying against good charter legislation and fair funding, financing anti-charter studies and propaganda, filing lawsuits, and engaging the public battle of ideas, teacher unions and other charter opponents openly wage what might be called an…
Descriptors: Unions, Teacher Associations, Charter Schools, Boards of Education
Tagg, Geoffrey John – 1983
A case study of effects of government-imposed fiscal restraint on a rural British Columbia school system outlines the restraint in its various phases, its effects on School District No. 4 (Windermere), ways the district dealt with resulting problems, and the consequences, with implications for how not to implement fiscal restraint at the school…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education
Sommers, Norman L. – American School Board Journal, 1985
Outlines the reasons for having superintendents function as negotiators with employee unions. Includes six recommendations: (1) understand the negotiating process; (2) build a negotiating team; (3) know the costs; (4) learn negotiation rules; (5) develop a strategy; and (6) review these tips. Includes a list of pitfalls. (MD)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Lieberman, Myron – American School Board Journal, 1976
Where it is appropriate, school boards and superintendents can lead a no-representation campaign against teacher unionization. (IRT)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Ecker, Charles I. – School Business Affairs, 1984
The author contends that districts should reject binding interest arbitration as a means of resolving an impasse in contract negotiations, charging that it hampers good faith bargaining, adversely affects fiscal and operational management of the school system, and diminishes the governing role of the board of education. (MJL)
Descriptors: Arbitration, Board of Education Policy, Collective Bargaining, Educational Administration
Nolte, M. Chester; Linn, John Phillip – 1968
Intended as background material for the annual meeting of the Education Commission of the States, this document attempts to answer basic questions inherent in teacher negotiations. The first section discusses teacher militancy, current status of legislation, and contents of teacher negotiation laws. The second section considers issues facing…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Educational Finance
MOSKOW, MICHAEL H. – 1966
INTERVIEWS WERE HELD WITH SUPERINTENDENTS AND TEACHERS IN A SELECTED SAMPLE OF 16 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, DRWN FROM A NATIONWIDE LIST OF 108 DISTRICTS WITH HISTORIES OF COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS, TO STUDY THE VIABILITY OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AS A MEANS FOR DETERMINING WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS. BECAUSE OF…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Decision Making, Educational Administration
Bull, Barry; Buechler, Mark – 1996
This document presents a set of principles for effective professional development and a series of practical suggestions to help schools and school districts implement these principles. The document also profiles several Indiana schools and programs that exemplify the type of school-based approach to professional development that is so promising.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Boards of Education, Educational Finance
Cronin, Joseph M. – 1980
Three big-city school systems nearly went bankrupt in the 1970s. New York City, including its schools, ran out of money; Cleveland closed its schools for long periods to conserve funds; and Chicago's schools ran out of credit. This paper narrates these crises, examines the responses of state governments and teacher and custodian unions, and looks…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Budgeting, City Government, Educational Finance
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This February 6, 2004 issue of "Chronicle for Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "The Academic Job Forum"; (2) "Should Your Private Life Be Public…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Higher Education, Teaching (Occupation), Volunteers
