Charter schools see as many as one in four teachers leave annually, and recent evidence attributes much of this turnover to provisions affected by collective bargaining processes and state laws such as salary, benefits, job security, and working hours. There have been many recent efforts to improve teacher voice in charter schools (Kahlenberg…

The Pittsburgh Public Schools study is the 12th district study since the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) began studying districts in-depth in 2009. The intent of these studies is to give select communities a comprehensive look at what is happening in their local school districts that may be either helping or hurting teacher quality, and…

In the era of No Child Left Behind, principals are increasingly held accountable for student performance. But are teacher labor agreements giving them enough flexibility to manage effectively? This study answers this question and others. It examines how much flexibility school leaders enjoy on key dimensions of management in America's fifty…

Once as familiar in the back-to-school ritual as falling leaves, teacher strikes seem headed for a winter freeze. According to the nation's largest teacher's union, about 15 of the National Education Association's (NEA) 14,000 local affiliates have gone on strike since the start of this school year. In Pennsylvania--a traditional union…

Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children, this study involved a statewide survey to assess the salary levels, benefits, working conditions, and turnover rates for teaching and administrative staff of child care centers and Head Start programs in Pennsylvania in 1992. A random sample of 2,500 licensed, full-day…

Presented in this document is the collective bargaining agreement between the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties, Pennsylvania Association for Higher Education and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the period from November 2, 1971 through August 31, 1974. Contained in the articles of the agreement are sections…

The retirement behavior of Pennsylvania public school teachers in 1997-98 and 1998-99, a period when state early retirement incentives were temporarily increased, is modeled using a choice framework that emphasizes both pecuniary and nonpecuniary factors of the retirement decision under a defined benefit retirement plan. We find each to have large…

Data are presented on salaries, tenure, and fringe benefits of full-time instructional faculty at Pennsylvania colleges and universities for the 1981-1982 school year, and brief narrative descriptions of trends are included. Findings for the different sectors include the following: the mean salaries of full-time instructional faculty for selected…

It goes without saying that the work of the school centers in the teacher. While educators acknowledge this principle, they too often overlook the fact that the work of the school can only reach its best when the teacher is at her best. It is the duty of the teacher to make the most of the physical powers which he or she possesses; but on the…

Data on Pennsylvania higher education faculty for 1983-1984 and previous years are presented. Tables provide the following information for full-time instructional faculty: mean salaries of faculty employed on a nine-month contract by rank and type of institutional control, 1974-1984; fringe benefits of faculty employed on a nine-month contract,…

Statistical data on Pennsylvania higher education faculty and staff for 1982-1983 and previous years are presented. Tables provide the following information: mean salaries of full-time instructional faculty employed on a 9-month contract for selected ranks by type of institutional control and by selected institutional categories, 1973-1974 through…

The collective bargaining agreement between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF; 4,200 members) covering the period July 1, 1981 to June 30, 1984 is presented. Also included for this American Association of University Professors affiliated union is the reopener and…