We explore the role that choice of comparison groups plays in explaining impasse in teacher contract negotiations. We hypothesize that the negotiators select "comparable" districts in a biased fashion such that teachers' salaries in districts that unions view as comparable are higher than teachers' salaries in districts that school boards view as comparable. We also predict that strike activity...

Researchers surveyed school board members in North Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, and Louisiana to determine board members’ perceptions of their boards’ overall performance and effectiveness in various performance domains. Mean performance ratings from the four states were evaluated to identify differences in performance ratings by state and domain. Relationships among performance ratings and ...

Recent years have seen a tremendous growth in litigation, particularly constitutional litigation, concerning public education. Along with the well-publicized cases concerning such areas as students' rights,' financing,2 and desegregation, 3 there has developed a group of cases concerning the alleged federal constitutional right of public school teachers to teach what they desire in their indivi...

partial replacement of formaldehyde with furfural in the urea-formaldehyde resin on the formaldehydeemission, physical and mechanical properties of particleboard was investigated. the modulus ofrupture (mor), modulus of elasticity (moe), internal bond (ib), water absorption (wa), thicknessswelling (ts) and formaldehyde emission (fe) of poplar particleboards made with the modifiedresins were mea...

We consider the politics of structural choice to examine how American states govern the teaching profession. Since the 1970s, nearly all states have adopted professional standards boards to regulate the licensing and certification of public school teachers. These boards vary in their composition, powers, and relationship to other government institutions. Some boards possess much autonomy and au...

The ongoing creation-evolution controversy in North America thrives on the widespread special creationist beliefs of a significant portion of the public. Creation science supports a literal interpretation of the Judeo-Christian Bible, an earth that is no more than 10.000 years old and created ex nihilo in six days by a monotheistic God, with no new kinds arising since the period of creation, an...

and in the meetings of boards of education, nor what is taking shape in the back of the superintendent's head. Even were they afforded the utmost opportunity and gifted with unusual perception, it is not likely that without convenient summaries and condensed statements they could form any idea of the public school system as a whole. If the school report is at once the evidence and test of the s...

the acrylated epoxidized soy oil (aeso) was synthesized from epoxidized soy oil and its properties were investigated.  wheat straw particle boards were produced by the synthesized resin with 8% and 13% contents based on straws weight at three pressing times: 8,10 and 12 min. boards’ modulus of rapture, modulus of elasticity, internal bonding, minimum degree of thickness change and water absorpt...