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Download full textSteve Delie – Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2024
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…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, School Districts, Public School Teachers, Teacher Placement
Peer reviewedMfaume, Hamisi; Bilinga, Margareth – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
This study explored stakeholders' views on preventive measures towards increasing teachers' malpractices in schools in Tanzania. Specifically, the study sought to identify prevalent forms of teachers' malpractices; explore factors for their occurrence; and explore views on how to forestall the problem. It draws on qualitative and quantitative data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attitude Measures, Teacher Behavior, Crime
Mgonja, Michael Greyson – International Journal of Educational Leadership and Management, 2017
Workplace absenteeism has widely been reported to be a serious problem which undermines smooth service delivery both in developed and developing nations. The problem is reported to be more serious in developing nations. This paper is therefore studying the mechanisms used to mitigate workplace absenteeism, their adequacy and the effective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employee Absenteeism, Teacher Attendance, Public Schools
TNTP, 2012
Discussions of teacher turnover usually focus on "how many" teachers leave schools each year, without regard for their performance in the classroom. This oversimplification masks the real teacher retention crisis: not only a failure to retain enough teachers, but a failure to retain the "right" teachers. This executive summary presents findings of…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Teacher Persistence, Faculty Mobility, Teacher Transfer
Direct linkCurtis, John W. – American Association of University Professors, 2011
This paper presents the annual report of the American Association of University Professors on the economic status of the profession for 2010-2011. This analysis of the economic status of the faculty begins with results from this year's annual survey of full-time faculty compensation. Survey report table 1 presents the most basic results, while…
Descriptors: Economic Status, College Faculty, Annual Reports, Compensation (Remuneration)
Clotfelter, Charles T.; Ladd, Helen F.; Vigdor, Jacob L. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2007
Using detailed data from North Carolina, we examine the frequency, incidence, and consequences of teacher absences in public schools, as well as the impact of an absence disincentive policy. The incidence of teacher absences is regressive: schools in the poorest quartile averaged almost one extra sick day per teacher than schools in the highest…
Descriptors: Incidence, Teacher Attendance, Educational Policy, Incentives
