ERIC Number: EJ506555
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-9500
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A Standoff in Steel Country.
Vail, Kathleen
Executive Educator, v17 n1 p28-30 Jul 1995
The Wilkinsburg (Pennsylvania) School Board's decision to hire Alternative Public Schools, a private company, to manage a failing elementary school has alienated the teacher union and many town residents. If teachers lose their court challenge, Turner School will become the only U.S. public school to be both privately staffed and managed. (MLH)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Court Litigation, Elementary Education, Failure, Legal Problems, Poverty Areas, Privatization, Unions
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania
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