Sentences with phrase «of teacher unionization»

They then discuss how the desegregation lawsuits in the 1960s, demographic shifts starting in the 1950s, California's Proposition 13 property tax reduction measure, and the legalization of teacher unionization in 1975 delegitimized and hollowed out the old institution.

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The undiluted union wish - list — including forced unionization of charter teachers — is contained in a bill sponsored by Harlem Sen. Bill Perkins, which comes before the Senate's Education Committee today.

In this comparative study of three teachers» unions, the author looks in detail at the factors that have given rise to teacher unionization over the last 25 years.

This competitive environment reduces the gains that teachers get from unionization, and forces them to face savvy school administrators who know full well that unionization of their schools can easily be their death warrant.

The online article includes an interactive map with a state - by - state breakdown on duty - to - bargain laws, total earnings losses as a result of those laws, and additional details about teacher unionization.

Public policy and unionization may have severed the link between the skill of teachers and their wages or schooling; teachers may be as capable as ever.

But instead of asking why that is, and exploring why teachers compete for charter jobs with at - will agreements or one - year contracts, they write of union - busting tactics at several charters, see low rates of unionization as a «cause for concern,» and wind up recommending that state laws provide an automatic union vote in the first year of each charter.

Militancy worked, however, and teacher unionization spread rapidly: the AFT signed up thousands of new members.

Each chapter narrates one episode in the American history of teaching: how teaching became a feminized profession; initial movements toward the unionization of teaching; early teaching in segregated black schools; McCarthy - era attacks on teachers for their politics; conflicts between (mostly white) teachers and (mostly black and Latino) local control advocates; and then on through A Nation at Risk, No Child Left Behind, and Race to the Top.

Last but not least, Cohen resorts to speculation when it comes to describing the non-academic benefits of unionization, especially when it comes to attracting and retaining effective teachers.

For the past three years, our jobs have been made even more difficult by a high - pressure unionization campaign by United Teachers Los Angeles targeting hundreds of teachers on Alliance's 28 cTeachers Los Angeles targeting hundreds of teachers on Alliance's 28 cteachers on Alliance's 28 campuses.

Other research shows that changes in these laws caused the pace of teachers» unionization to vary considerably, even among states with very similar labor markets such as Ohio and Illinois.

Unionization and the introduction of collective bargaining can be expected to increase average pay for all teachers but reduce the difference between average pay and the pay received by those with both high and low aptitudes, thereby discouraging entry into teaching by women with higher aptitude while attracting those with lower aptitudes.

Most charters do not employ unionized teachers, even as the union is accelerating unionizations efforts at some of them.

The California Joint Legislative Audit Committee voted Wednesday to audit Alliance College - Ready Public Schools over the charter management organization's use of funds in its unionization conflict with the LA teachers union, UTLA.

Ultimately, the decline of teachers» unionization across the United States may have negative consequences on student outcomes and long - term economic growth.

The California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) will be seeking an injunction in Los Angeles County Superior Court to stop what it says is illegal interference by officials at Alliance College - Ready Public Schools against a unionization effort by some of its teachers.

TEACHED looks especially hard at the profession of teaching, and what the unionization of a job that requires a four - year college degree (and has massive, consistent numbers of dues - paying members) has meant for students, teachers and the system as a whole.

Zombro noted that lack of unionization is a major factor in the proliferation of charter schools in San Diego County (where 10 % of all students are now in charter schools), and said that just as organization of charter schools is necessary to protect teachers and students, the same holds for private preschools (which, like charter schools, are growing rapidly).

The greatest reduction in poverty in our nation coincided with the expansion of collective bargaining for workers, so we should be supporting unionization, not just of teachers, but of all workers.

Regardless, of the final outcome with the labor board, unionization would have dramatic negative effects on school autonomy and teacher flexibility in Alliance charter schools.