Straitjacket

Straitjacket

Public schools have been placed in a straitjacket over the past 30 years through over-regulation as a result of the growing power of the federal government over public education, expanding court decisions, state government legislation, school board policies and procedures, and the media's influence on public opinion. The straitjacket of centralized control and coercive approaches to the problems that public education is facing is not the solution, but actually is part of the problem. And where achievement is lower than desired this book brings attention to the root cause – lack of student preparation so that more resources can be put into catching these kids up, rather than into more tests, more curriculum development, and more administrative staff needed to comply with all of this complexity and growing regulations. We must break out of our straitjacket and give schools more flexibility in finding creative and innovative ways to address the needs of students, changing times, and professional expectations — not shackle them through regulatory mandates, closed thinking, and defective accountability processes.

Straitjacket

Straitjacket Or Framework?

Management guide to the implications of 1971 labour legislation (industrial relations act) for the conduct of labour relations in the UK - examines the new rules for collective bargaining and the handling of labour disputes, the dispute settlement process, the institutional framework, the guiding principles of trade union practice, etc. References.