Charter schools' effectiveness, mechanisms, and competitive influence

SR Cohodes, KS Parham - 2021 - nber.org
This paper reviews the research on the impacts of charter school attendance on students'
academic and other outcomes, the mechanisms behind those effects, and the influence of …

Are school reopening decisions related to union influence?

CA DeAngelis, C Makridis - Social Science Quarterly, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The COVID‐19 pandemic led to widespread school closures affecting millions of K‐
12 students in the United States in the spring of 2020. Groups representing teachers have …

The effect of teachers' unions on student achievement in the short run: Evidence from Wisconsin's Act 10

EJ Baron - Economics of Education Review, 2018 - Elsevier
This study examines the short-run impact of a weakening of teachers' unions on student
achievement. In 2011, Wisconsin enacted the Budget Repair Bill, or Act 10, which …

The effect of teachers' union contracts on school district efficiency: Longitudinal evidence from California

BD Marianno, P Bruno, KO Strunk - Sage Open, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
While the effect of teachers' unions on school districts continues to be debated, the research
literature provides few definitive conclusions to guide these discussions. In this article, we …

The myth of unions' overprotection of bad teachers: Evidence from the district–teacher matched data on teacher turnover

ES Han - Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This article examines the relationship between teachers' unions and teacher turnover in US
public schools. The trade‐off between teacher pay and employment predicts that unions …

Teacher power and the politics of union organizing in the charter sector

H Jabbar, J Chanin, J Haynes… - Educational …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite the growing media attention paid to charter-school unions, comparatively little
empirical research exists. Drawing on interview data from two cities (Detroit, MI, and New …

Teacher unionization and student academic performance: Looking beyond collective bargaining

ES Han, TN Maloney - Labor Studies Journal, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper investigates the relationship between teachers unions and students' academic
performance. We examine nationally representative data and use a more comprehensive …

Teachers' unions: Engaging teachers and improving student achievement in states that prohibit collective bargaining

ES Han, J Keefe - Educational Policy, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This research investigates whether teachers' unions influence student academic
achievement in Southern states that prohibit collective bargaining. Our data are from the …

Heroes, villains, or something in between? How “Right to Work” policies affect teachers, students, and education policymaking

MA Lyon - Economics of Education Review, 2021 - Elsevier
Although the Janus v. AFCSME (2018) decision fundamentally changed the institutional
context for US teachers' unions by placing all public school teachers in a “Right to …

The Effects of Teachers' Unions on the Gender Pay Gap among US Public School Teachers

ES Han - Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines the effect of teachers' unions on the gender pay gap among teachers
under various legal environments, using nationally representative district–teacher matched …