The tables have turned on Michigan's public school boards and other school officials. As a result of changes to the state's labor law in 2023, school districts face the risk of losing some authority to determine who should be teaching in their classrooms. Teachers unions are empowered once again to demand districts treat teachers as if they are…

This report presents findings on the numbers and types of public elementary and secondary local education agencies (LEAs) in the United States and other jurisdictions in the 2008-09 school year, using data from the Local Education Agency Universe Survey of the Common Core of Data (CCD) survey system. The CCD is an annual collection of data that…

Describes the role of the Wilmington (Delaware) local of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) in desegregating the state's school system. AFT leaders were instrumental in integrating teacher professional development sessions in 1945. (FMW)

In spite of its colorful history of labor organizing efforts, Illinois has been slow to respond to conditions in higher education that have led to academic collective bargaining nationally. The time has arrived for Illinois leadership to recognize the symptoms and to respond to the issues before higher education is swept into retaliatory…

An October 1981 Wingspread conference is reported that centered on four topics: tendencies in governance since the 1966 "Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities"; the faculty role in the budgeting process; the relation between academic governance and collective bargaining; the impact of statewide boards and systems. (MLW)

Several important issues relating to teachers and labor relations stood out in 1977-78. By the end of the year, a proposed merger between the two major teacher unions appeared remote. The National Education Association (NEA) added 100,000 members in 1977. The NEA lobbied in favor of legislation creating a separate Department of Education but the…

Discussions at the 1981 Wingspread Governance Conference focused on four topics: the current state of faculty governance; the faculty role in budgetary decisions; collective bargaining and academic governance; statewide boards and the alienation of governance from the campus. Summaries of the presentations on each issue are presented. (MLW)

This document is one in a series of three monographs developed by the National Association of State Boards of Education and designed to acquaint the reader with consumer education issues and how they affect policies. Included in these monographs are articles on what should be taught as part of consumer education, how consumer education programs…