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Silman, Fatos; Güneyli, Ahmet; Vaiz, Osman; Karasel-Ayda, Nedime – SAGE Open, 2021
This study aims to examine the views of primary school teachers from North and South Cyprus on Teachers' Unions. Qualitative research and a comparative case study method were used for the study. Thirty-seven primary school teachers from North and South Cyprus participated in this study. The data were obtained through interviews and analyzed by the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Unions
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Buyruk, Halil – Professional Development in Education, 2021
This study examines the role of critical professional learning in leading socially just schools. The study investigated the experiences of teachers who are the members of Egitim-Sen, an active teacher union in Turkey. The article first focuses on the relationship between professional development and teacher unions followed by the definition of the…
Descriptors: Unions, Social Justice, Teacher Leadership, Faculty Development
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Vaaben, Nana – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2018
The article analyses the performative effects of a working time law for Danish State School teachers. The law implied a shift from paying teachers WITH time to paying them FOR time in line with OEDC's shift from an input- to an outcome-oriented understanding of public sector performance. The law is thus seen as part of a globalized reform of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Salaries, Educational Legislation, Teachers
Gomez, Michael R. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The study sought to understand the essence of the lived experiences of principals in labor relations. Labor relations include aspects of collective bargaining, teachers unions, and interactions with teachers from the perspective and experiences of elementary and middle school principals who are also members of their district negotiation team with…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Phenomenology, Labor Relations
DiSalvo, Daniel – Center for State and Local Leadership, 2012
At first glance, public-sector labor unions are just one of many types of organizations that participate in the political process. However, these unions differ significantly from other interest groups made up of individual citizens or non-labor organizations. Because their members' interests are tied to government policy, these unions are more…
Descriptors: Unions, Public Sector, Fiscal Capacity, Political Attitudes
American Federation of Teachers (NJ), 2009
This report contains case studies of international recruiters who help school districts in the United States acquire work visas and hire noncitizens. Recruiters sometimes use fees charged to workers to pay for U.S. school officials' overseas trips, where they stay in luxury hotels and handpick teachers at job fairs. Not surprisingly, some school…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Educational Quality, Unions, Teacher Certification
Meredith, Amy – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the strength of correlation between union-administrator relationships and principals' opportunities to create a positive school culture for learning during intent to strike conditions. The goal of this positivist study was to allow for an exploration of the extent to which…
Descriptors: Correlation, Unions, School Culture, Principals
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Eberts, Randall W. – Future of Children, 2007
Randall Eberts explores the role of teachers unions in public education. He focuses particularly on how collective bargaining agreements shape the delivery of educational services, how unions affect both student achievement and the cost of providing quality education, and how they support educational reform efforts. Eberts's synthesis of the…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Collective Bargaining, Educational Quality, Unions
Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2009
The Strategic Management of Human Capital in Education Project was founded in 2008 with one goal: to improve student achievement dramatically in the 100 largest urban school districts. Unless teaching quality and principal leadership improve significantly, lasting education improvement is impossible. In policy terms, without "strategic management"…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Strategic Planning, Human Capital, Teacher Effectiveness
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Bangs, John – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2006
The Department for Education and Skills refers consistently to the Social Partnership Agreement (SPA) with unions representing teachers and support staff in education. Those inside the partnership will have their own perspectives on its operation. This article does not seek to describe, therefore, the day to day relationships of unions, Government…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Partnerships in Education, Unions, Educational Change