Reports an investigation of the extent to which teacher and administrator attitudes toward the scope of the negotiations process are related to such demographic variables as age and marital status, and such attitudinal variables as satisfaction and teacher association support. (Author/JM)

Reports exploratory research which made use of representational role orientations to analyze the community-related behavior of school administrators in New York State; interviews were conducted with 146 principals, II superintendents, and eight headquarters staff. (Author/JM)

Argues that education is a public good and cannot fit into the privatization model. It provides a critique of the first large-scale contract signed in the country by the Baltimore Public School District and a private company, Educational Alternatives, Inc., revealing political difficulties surrounding school control and dissatisfied teachers who…

Views the use of private vendors as a way of cost reduction and efficiency improvement. It argues that contracting out for services reduces administrator overload, provides better technical expertise and economies of scale, and reduces supervisory work. Privatization also brings political implications involving employee job loss and service…

Analyzes the Baltimore Public School District's contract with a private for-profit company to manage the instructional programs of nine schools. It shows that the award of the contract was solely a political consideration; no financial experts were involved. Additionally, the program has not improved test scores and is being challenged by the…