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The Organized Teacher Voice (1965 to the Present)

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Reforming Boston Schools, 1930 to the Present

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Urban Education ((PSUE))

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The Massachusetts Public Sector Collective Bargaining Law was designed as a progressive reform allowing public school teachers a voice for improved salaries and working conditions. The goal was to bring civil discourse to public sector employee discussions and to prevent strikes in schools. Potentially it might revive teacher participation in school decision-making, as was done briefly in the 1920s. What was the impact of giving Boston teachers a formal voice in school decisions?

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Notes

  1. Charles Perry and Wesley Wildman, The Impact of Negotiations on Public Education (Worthington, Ohio, 1970)

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  2. and Ronald Corwin, Militant Professionals (New York, 1970), 54.

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  3. Cronin, The Control of Urban Schools (New York, 1973), 103

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  4. and Martin Mayer, Teachers Strike (New York, 1969), 193.

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  8. Jane Hathaway and Andrew Rotherham, editors, Collective Bargaining in Education (Cambridge, 2006).

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  9. Myron Lieberman, Education as a Profession (Norman, Oklahoma, 1956).

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  1. Joseph Marr Cronin
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Cronin, J.M. (2008). The Organized Teacher Voice (1965 to the Present). In: Reforming Boston Schools, 1930 to the Present. Palgrave Studies in Urban Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230611092_8

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