Student testing shows districts without bargaining performed better, but posted smaller gains

Erik Schelzig:

An Associated Press analysis of student testing data shows Tennessee school systems without teachers' collective bargaining rights performed slightly better than those with negotiated contracts, but posted weaker gains.

Thirty-eight of the state's 135 local school districts did not engage in collective bargaining with their teachers before a new law eliminated those rights this year, according to the Tennessee Education Association.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at August 9, 2011 9:47 PM
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