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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"teachers unions"”.
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The Politicization of School Reopenings: Media Coverage of Teachers Unions
… including parents, school administrators, teachers, teachers’ unions, and the media. Negotiations over elements of school reopening policies, such as mask mandates and remote-learning options have, in certain school districts, been fraught with contention. The politicization of school …
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Collective Bargaining and Public Education Expenditures: Do Teachers’ Unions Propose and Voters Dispose?
… examines how collective bargaining by teachers’ unions affects public school expenditures in the United States, under different collective bargaining laws. It offers a unified empirical framework to test for the relative influence of the budget-maximizing bureaucracy model and the …
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Markets and schooling : the effects of competition from private schools, competition among public schools, and teachers' unions on elementary and secondary schooling
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1994.
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Teachers union influence on alternative teacher certification policies: An event history diffusion analysis.
… certification policies. In order to test both teachers unions political strength external to state legislatures and teachers unions political strength internal to state legislatures, I use two variables to measure teachers union political strength. One variable measures the percentage of …
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Analysis of the Policymaking Process Regarding the Rules and Regulations for Teacher Re -Certification in Illinois
… through delay of the policy implementation, the teachers' unions were able to overcome what they considered the ""punitive"" teacher accountability aspects of HB452 that were endorsed by the business community. In the future, it seems that the community framework may be more effective in moving …
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Understanding the Neoliberalization of Education Through Spaces of Labour Autonomy
… been the de-professionalization or deskilling of teachers. Organized labours response has been highly uneven geographically. Professional autonomy means a capacity and freedom of teachers to exercise their judgement in interpreting broad curriculum guidelines, into their day to day classroom …
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Cooperative Pathways: Insights from Teacher Experiences on Improving Union and District Cooperation
… experiences within their districts, schools, and unions across the United States. The primary research question was: How are teachers currently experiencing the relationship between their unions, districts, and administrators and what opportunities exist to improve cooperation and shared ownership …
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The Relationship between Leadership Styles and Labour Disputes in British Columbia's Public Schools
… last decade, adversarial relationships between teachers' associations and district administrators in the British Columbia public school system have been commonplace, frequently resulting in formal grievances and arbitration. Since dealing with these issues imposes enormous costs on both …
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School-based unionism in a Gauteng school district
… district. Participants saw the role of teacher unions at school level as being the protection of their members. Principals and SGB members and some SMT members thought school based unions protected teachers from being disciplined. Defending of teachers or members was seen as one of the most …
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From the Streets to the Classrooms: The Politics of Education Spending in Mexico
… evidence to show that, with some exceptions, the teachers' unions in the primary and secondary schools are the most influential organized group in the education sector. By taking their demands out to the streets, by capturing key positions in the education ministries, and by using their …
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A study of the relationship between community participation in educational governance and the socio-political environment of the school board
… by internal groups such as parent groups, teachers' unions, and advisory groups. Board members indicated greatest receptivity to input on decisions relating to school construction and closings, curriculum and instruction, and budget. An analysis of the relative influence various groups had …
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Essays on the economics of education
… many countries’ schools. In April 2010, two UK teachers’ unions boycotted mandatory age eleven standardised tests. The second research chapter uses a difference-in-differences strategy to estimate the effect of preparing for, but ultimately not completing, standardised tests on subsequent …
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Populist Just Transitions
… Labor internationalism, which involves labor unions cooperating across borders to pursue common goals, is increasingly important as unions strive to work with their foreign counterparts to influence the international community's urgent efforts to address climate change. Right-wing populism is …
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The rights of an employee to participate in Trade Union matters
… a tendency in the Ministry of Education whereby, teachers who are not confirmed are not allowed to participate in the activities of the Teachers' unions. This in itself is a socially undesirable development and such development amounts to discrimination. This research will be based on trade …
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Gendered Civil Society Context, Local Party Strength, and Candidate Emergence: Explaining Female Representation across the US State Legislatures
… the gender balance of civil society groups (e.g. unions, service organizations, advocacy groups, professional associations) in a party’s local strategic environment; party strength is defined as the capacity of political parties to influence candidate nomination. </p> <p>Two main hypotheses guide …
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The changing roles and challenges of trade unions in Zambia: a case of Zambia National Union of Teachers, 1953-1991
… of the changing roles and challenges of trade unions in Zambia using the case of Zambia National Union of Teachers (ZNUT). It started as Northern Rhodesia African Teachers Association (NORATA), in 1953 and became Northern Rhodesia Union of Teachers (NORUT) in 1962 and finally ZNUT in 1964. The …
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The changing roles and challenges of trade unions in Zambia: a case of Zambia national union of teachers, 1953-1991
… of the changing roles and challenges of trade unions in Zambia using the case of Zambia National Union of Teachers (ZNUT). It started as Northern Rhodesia African Teachers Association (NORATA), in 1953 and became Northern Rhodesia Union of Teachers (NORUT) in 1962 and finally ZNUT in 1964.The …
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The changing roles and challenges of trade unions in Zambia: a case of Zambia National Union of Teachers, 1953-1991
… of the changing roles and challenges of trade unions in Zambia using the case of Zambia National Union of Teachers (ZNUT). It started as Northern Rhodesia African Teachers Association (NORATA), in 1953 and became Northern Rhodesia Union of Teachers (NORUT) in 1962 and finally ZNUT in 1964. The …
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The effectiveness of trade unions in meeting teachers’ needs: a case of primary education sector unions in Lusaka district.
… to deal with these challenges, they form trade unions in an attempt to enhance their strength and fight for improved terms and conditions of service. In order to be effective trade unions, provide collective strength, improved wages through collective bargaining and provide member services for …
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The effectiveness of trade unions in meeting teachers’ needs: a case of primary education sector unions in Lusaka district.
… to deal with these challenges, they form trade unions in an attempt to enhance their strength and fight for improved terms and conditions of service. In order to be effective trade unions, provide collective strength, improved wages through collective bargaining and provide member services for …
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