Employing an institutional logics framework and critical discourse analysis, this study examines the discourse of participants in a stakeholder-feedback meeting about a proposal by the Denver Public School board to extend collective bargaining rights to teachers in the district's innovation schools. The findings provide insight into the logics…

This poll was conducted between March 16-March 22, 2022 among a sample of 1,000 all teachers. The interviews were conducted online. Among the key findings are: (1) In March, teachers in district schools were much more pessimistic about the profession compared to private school teachers; (2) About one out of four teachers reported a protest or…

The "Charter School Primer" presents an overview of public charter schools in the United States. The book discusses what charter schools are; the history of public charter school choice in the United States; the role of teachers, parents, boards, and unions in the charter school movement; and gives examples of innovations in education made…

Purpose: This study examines policies set in the collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) negotiated between teachers' unions and school boards and explores what kinds of districts have contract provisions that restrict district administrators, enhance administrative flexibility, and/or improve teachers' professional work lives and that have…

A substantial amount of school district policy is set in the collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) negotiated between teachers' unions and districts. Although previous studies have assumed that CBA provisions bargained by unions are a primary mechanism connecting union strength to outcomes for teachers and students, research has not yet…

At the request of the Education Reform Project of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, the National Council on Teacher Quality undertook an analysis of the teacher policies in the Baltimore City Public Schools. Its analysis looks at the teachers' contract, school board rules and state laws. It also collected personnel data from the…

At the request of the United Way of Greater Los Angeles, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) undertook this analysis of the teacher policies in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). A coalition of civil rights groups were also involved in this project, including Parent Organization Network, Families in Schools, Alliance for a…

This book demonstrates through case studies and expert analyses the impressive educational gains children can make when the best educational research, policy, and practice are aligned. This volume is a valuable resource to aspiring leaders, educational researchers, and current practitioners and a must-read for anyone who cares about the public…

Discusses instances in which it is contended that boards of education have bargained away some of their policy-making rights and public reaction to these instances. (IRT)

The current bargaining model, by its very structure, nature and operating assumptions, tends to restrict active citizen participation in deciding many educational policy issues. (Author/EB)

This essay presents an overview of the past 25 years of collective bargaining in American public education. Drawing distinctions between compensation and noncompensation issues, the essay addresses the issue of striking a balance between the interests of organized teachers and the educational interests of their communities, and it incorporates…

This article reports on a survey of urban school superintendents and teacher organization presidents which studied the effects of recent trends in collective bargaining on teachers' contracts. (EB)

Critiques Chester Finn's analysis (EA 518 431, this issue) of teachers unions, outlining the ambiguities in Finn's theories. (MD)

Teacher unions have pushed beyond bargaining over teacher welfare issues to include participation in education policy and decision making. Offers suggestions for school boards to deal with curriculum and instruction issues creeping into contract negotiations. (MLF)

This ten-year longitudinal case study examined collective bargaining between the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers and the Pittsburgh School Board. Data were collected by reviewing all formal contract proposals for the years 1968-1978. To ascertain the impact of collective bargaining on educational policy, policy issues were separated from…