Teacher unions and educational reform

Lorraine M. McDonnell, Anthony H. Pascal

ResearchPublished 1988

This report examines the role of organized teachers in educational reform efforts, focusing on three primary issues: (1) the extent to which teacher unions have attained more professional teaching conditions for their members through collective bargaining; (2) the political response of teacher organizations to national, state, and local reform initiatives; and (3) the way in which the interests and activities of teacher organizations are likely to shape successive generations of educational reform, particularly efforts to restructure the teaching profession. The research is based on data from a representative sample of 151 collective bargaining contracts coded for four time periods between 1970 and 1985, and on interviews with more than 600 policymakers and educators in 52 schools, 22 local districts, and 6 states.

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