COLLECTIVE-BARGAINING AND ITS IMPACT ON LOCAL EDUCATIONAL-REFORM EFFORTS

The purpose of this research is to examine the relationships between c ollective bargaining and educational reform efforts and to examine the different views that educators hold regarding those relationships. Qu estionnaires were returned by 135 educational professionals from 55 sc hools sampled from 5 states. Items related to local reform initiatives , the character of collective bargaining, and the impact of bargaining on reform efforts. Principals viewed bargaining as obstructing reform , and union representatives saw bargaining as facilitating reform. Tea chers were neutral on nearly every issue, raising questions about the role union representatives take on behalf of their constituents.