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ERIC Number: EJ255277
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Nov
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Seniority Rules and Educational Productivity: Understanding the Consequences of a Mandate for Equality.
Murnane, Richard J.
American Journal of Education, v90 n1 p14-38 Nov 1981
Discusses how seniority rules in teachers' contracts have affected the performance of public education during the last 10 years of decreasing enrollments and growing power of teachers' unions. The merits of alternative types of employment contracts are considered. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Contracts, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Trends, Equal Education, Incentives, Performance Based Assessment, Performance Factors, Productivity, Public Education, Seniority, Unions
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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