Collective Bargaining in Education: A New Dialogue
A presentation to the National Governors Association in Rhode Island, December 2006
Andrew J. Rotherham gave the opening presentation at the National Governors Association's December 2006 conference, "Collective Bargaining in Education: A New Dialogue." In his remarks, he describes the changing policy landscape in education as well as in labor and politics and how those changes can—and must—affect contract negotiations. Emphasizing that the current misalignment between educational goals and the systems embodied in contracts is not caused by those contracts but simply reflected in them, he offers three recommendations—more transparency, more research, more participation—for building contracts that best position educators and schools to meet the common goal of how best to serve the nation's public school students.
Read the full presentation above right (PDF).
More in Teacher Quality
| Commentary | Commentary |
