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Trending toward Reform: Teachers Speak on Unions and the Future of the Profession. Education Sector Reports
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Rosenberg, Sarah; Silva, Elena – Education Sector, 2012
Over the past decade, teachers have seen changes in both their conditions of employment--from pay to retirement benefits--and their practice. Far too often, these policies have been made by people who talk "about" teachers, rather than talking "to" them. Last fall, Education Sector surveyed a nationally representative random sample of more than…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Public School Teachers, Teacher Surveys, Teacher Attitudes
Preparing Teachers and Developing School Leaders for the 21st Century: Lessons from around the World
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Schleicher, Andreas, Ed. – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2012
Results from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD's) Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) have shown that the degree to which education systems succeed in equipping students with important foundation skills varies significantly. Since the quality of teaching is at the heart of student learning…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Supply and Demand, Unions, Educational Change
Mutual Benefits: New York City's Shift to Mutual Consent in Teacher Hiring. Updated with a New Afterword
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Daly, Timothy; Keeling, David; Grainger, Rachel; Grundies, Adele – New Teacher Project, 2008
In 2005, the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) and its teachers union, the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), agreed to a groundbreaking contract that reformed outdated school staffing provisions. Specifically, the new contract changed the staffing process for teachers and schools in three major ways. First, it protected the right…
Descriptors: Unions, Educational Change, Beginning Teachers, Principals
Waiting to be Won Over: Teachers Speak on the Profession, Unions, and Reform
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Duffett, Ann; Farkas, Steve; Rothertham, Andrew J.; Silva, Elena – Education Sector, 2008
This report presents the results of a survey of 1,010 K-12 public school teachers about their views on the teaching profession, teachers unions, and various reforms aimed at improving teacher quality. It reveals the challenges teachers see in their profession, including weak evaluation processes and a rigid tenure pay system; how teachers feel…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Public School Teachers
Once & For All: Placing a Highly Qualified Teacher in Every Philadelphia Classroom. What We Know and Need to Do. A Report from "Learning from Philadelphia's School Reform"
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Neild, Ruth Curran; Useem, Elizabeth; Travers, Eva F.; Lesnick, Joy – Research for Action, 2003
This report examines the current status of teacher quality in the city and what the School District of Philadelphia is now doing to ensure that all classrooms have highly trained, motivated, and knowledgeable teachers ready to boost the achievement of the district's 188,000 students.The report shows that teacher quality in Philadelphia has not…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Persistence, Collective Bargaining, Faculty Mobility
The Role of the Social Partners in the Development of Training in Market Economy. Report of Subgroup B presented at the Advisory Forum Meeting (Turin, Italy, June 12-14, 1996).
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Benedek, A.; Luttringer, J-M – 1996
Subgroup B of the European Training Foundation's (ETF) Advisory Forum analyzed the role of the private sector in vocational education and training (VET) and focused on the role of the social partners in the transition process. A questionnaire on the role of social partners in the development of training in market economy was sent to 110…
Descriptors: Corporate Support, Educational Change, Educational Development, Foreign Countries