Collective Bargaining in Education: Negotiating Change in Today's Schools

This timely and comprehensive volume will spur and strengthen public debate over the role of teachers unions in education reform for years to come.

Collective bargaining shapes the way public schools are organized, financed, staffed, and operated. Understanding collective bargaining in education and its impact on the day-to-day life of schools is critical to designing and implementing reforms that will successfully raise student achievement. But when it comes to public discussion of school ...