Drawing on Bachrach and Baratz's first and second faces of interest group power, we explore the relationship between teachers' union power and reopening decisions during the fall 2020 semester in 250 large districts around the United States. We leverage a self-collected panel data set of reopening decisions coupled with measures of teachers' union…

A strong management team must be able to put in order its priorities in making the collective bargaining process feasible in high education. (BP)

Among recently emerged educational policy structures in New York State, only the New York State United Teachers is likely to become a permanent new force, and its influence over general educational policies is expected to be weak. Within the current political-educational policy structure, prospects are dim for solutions to such complex issues as…

Two papers comprise this document: "Alternatives to Collective Bargaining" and "Collective Bargaining in Two-Year Colleges: Problems and Trends." The first paper, by Joseph N. Hankin, presents the thesis that there is no alternative to collective bargaining but that attention should be focused instead on who represents the faculty on which issues.…

A study sought to determine if deterrents to the introduction of certain kinds of educational technology were statutory in nature. The thesis was advanced that educational technology is a threat to the power base of education and the more comprehensive the technology, the greater the threat; therefore the laws and policies setting forth the…