Reform bargaining and its promise for school improvement / Susan Moore Johnson and Susan M. Kardos -- Collective bargaining and public schools / Joe A. Stone -- Gaining control of professional licensing and advancement / Dale Ballou and Michael Podgursky -- Collective bargaining in Milwaukee...

Part I: Introduction and Historical Overview. Chapter 1: The Union Debate -- Chapter 2: Union History -- Part II: Unions in the Charter Sector. Chapter 3: Teacher-Led Unionization in the Charter Sector -- Chapter 4: The Unionized Charter Contract -- Chapter 5: Top-Down Unionization in the...

"This book locates teacher unions at the crux of the enduring tensions between teachers' own low status in the educational system and the necessary autonomy and working conditions to teach effectively and well. The chapters, focusing on teacher unions in Canada, the U.S., and England reveal the...

The difference between girls and boys academic performance is a major issue on both sides of the Atlantic. Do boys and girls fair better with a teacher of their own gender? This paper investigates the presence of such ‘pupil-teacher gender interactions’ on scholastic performance. We use data...