Collective Bargaining in Education.Collective Bargaining collective bargaining, in labor relations, procedure whereby an employer or employers agree to discuss the conditions of work by bargaining with representatives of the employees, usually a labor union. in Education edited by Jane Hannaway and Andrew J. Rotherham, Harvard Education Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2006, 312 pp. with index, $29.95 softcover With the support of the Eli Broad Eli Broad (born June 6, 1933) a native of Detroit, Michigan is a Jewish American billionaire who lives in Los Angeles, California. His last name is pronounced as rhyming with road. Broad is well known for his philanthropy and extensive art collection. and Smith Richardson foundations The Smith Richardson Foundation (SRF) is was funded in 1935 by the charitable contributions of Henry Smith Richardson, Sr., the principal creator of the Vicks Vaporub fortune. The foundation reported assets of $494 million in 2001 and gave away $23 million. , editors Jane Hannaway and Andrew J. Rotherham have produced in Collective Bargaining in Education: Negotiating Change in Today's Schools a balanced and incisive analysis of the current status of collective negotiations in education, especially in the context of No Child Left Behind. Hannaway is director of the Education Policy Center in Washington, D.C., and Andrew J. Rotherham, a former member of AASA's public policy staff, is director of the education sector at the Progressive Policy Institute and a newly appointed member of the Virginia State Board of Education. A dozen educational researchers and practitioners contributed a variety of perspectives that serve as a baseline for a needed discussion. Polarizing positions in this debate overstate the case, resulting in a binary framework: Is collective bargaining an impediment to improving American public schools or is it an essential component of any improvement effort? The short and cynical answer to this conundrum is yes. Considering the evidence and testimony, the editors conclude the politically contentious manner by which bargaining agreements are reached exerts leverage over school district leadership and operations. This timely text provides an excellent conceptual framework For the concept in aesthetics and art criticism, see . A conceptual framework is used in research to outline possible courses of action or to present a preferred approach to a system analysis project. for dealing with the growing power Growing Power is an urban agriculture organization headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It runs the last functional farm within the Milwaukee city limits and also organizes activities in Chicago. and influence of the teacher union movement. Reviewed by Charles Rudiger, professor of management, leadership and technology, Dowling College Dowling College is a private college on Long Island, New York, with more than 6,500 full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students through four schools: the School of Arts & Sciences, Townsend School of Business, School of Education and School of Aviation. , Oakdale, N.Y. |
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