The Battle of Wilkinsburg: One District's Efforts to Privatize.

Eckerd, Cynthia L.

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ERIC Number: EJ525895

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1996

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The Battle of Wilkinsburg: One District's Efforts to Privatize.

Eckerd, Cynthia L.

School Business Affairs, v62 n5 p22-24 May 1996

Presents a chronological history of the conflict between the Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, teachers' union and the school board. The board hired Alternative Public Schools, Inc, to manage Turner Elementary Schools and gave the company permission to hire a new staff at Turner. The state supreme court has ruled in favor of the school district. (MLF)

Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Contracts, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Politics of Education, Poverty Areas, Private Sector, Privatization, Public Schools, School Restructuring, State Courts, Teacher Militancy, Unions

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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