This document is intended to serve as a practical guide for implementing a teacher-student data link (TSDL) that supports a range of uses at the local, regional, and state levels. The guide addresses the considerations for linking teacher and student data from multiple perspectives, including governance, policies, data components, business rules,…

The 2007 Hawai'i State Legislature passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 56 S.D. 1 "Requesting the Hawaii Educational Policy Center to Report on the Retention and Change in Assignment of Teachers Within the Department of Education." The resolution requested a report on the effectiveness and current status of teacher preparation and…

This booklet contains a report on a joint committee hearing on the Overseas Teachers Act of 1987 (H.R. 3424). The bill provides that anyone who is hired overseas (known as a local hire) in the Department of Defense Dependents' Schools (DODDS) before enactment of the bill and who has completed or completes three years of teaching will qualify for…

The Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) states that the Act's purpose is to provide Federal assistance to eliminate minority group segregation among students and faculty in elementary and secondary schools. One section of the Act declares an educational agency ineligible for assistance if it has in effect any practice which results in disproportionate…

This report presents a summary of the Committee on Education and Labor action on H.R. 3424, the "Overseas Teacher Act of 1988." H.R. 3424 requires the establishment of a uniform system of filling vacant teaching positions in overseas schools operated by the Department of Defense. It principally addresses two issues: (1) the hiring of teachers; and…

This is a school desegregation case originally brought by the United States against the Board of School Commissioners of Indianapolis, Indiana, but later expanded to include as defendants school districts located in the surrounding metropolitan area. These 17 separate appeals raise a host of divergent issues. The United States initiated this…

This document describes in some detail the origins and implications of the Michigan Teachers' Tenure Act of 1964. After describing the nature and general effects of tenure, the document discusses specific aspects of tenure law, citing relevant court cases and decisions by Michigan's Tenure Commission. The first topic covered is probationary…

This listing presents court decisions and administrative rulings from the 1970s concerning the topics that are negotiable in bargaining between teachers, as public employees, and school boards, as public employers. The topics are grouped into 14 major areas: budget considerations; contracts; direct compensation; discipline; evaluation; hiring,…

The collective bargaining agreement between the University of Delaware and the university chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), covering the period July 1, 1986 through June 30, 1988, is presented. Topics covered include the following: agreement; purpose; recognition; AAUP membership; AAUP representatives and…

The collective bargaining agreement between the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and the School of Health Related Professions Faculty, an affiliate of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), covering the period July 1, 1986 through June 30, 1989, is presented. Topics covered include the following: preamble;…

The collective bargaining agreement between the Michigan State University Board of Trustees and the Michigan State Administrative-Professional Association, an affiliate of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), is presented covering the period October 1, 1985, through September 30, 1988. The following 46 articles are covered:…

The collective bargaining agreement between the board of trustees and the Delaware State College chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) covering the period 1986 to 1990 is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: definitions; recognition of unit; non-discrimination; rights and privileges (professional dues…

The collective bargaining agreement between the University System of New Hampshire and Keene State College Education Association, an affiliate of the National Education Association (NEA), covering the period July 1, 1985 to June 30, 1987, is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: a memorandum of agreement dated October 26, 1985;…

The collective bargaining agreement between Vermont State Colleges (VSC) and Vermont State Colleges Faculty Federation, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), is presented that covers the period from September 1, 1986 through August 31, 1988. The following 48 articles are included: definitions, recognition, management rights,…

The collective bargaining agreement between the Roger Williams College Faculty Association, an affiliate of the National Education Association (NEA), with the board of trustees of the college for the 1986-1989 period is presented. The following 14 articles are included: recognition; negotiations clause; rights and responsibilities; rights of the…