Reform: The Return Of The 'Thin' Contract?

Reform: The Return Of The 'Thin' Contract?
This post was published on the now-closed HuffPost Contributor platform. Contributors control their own work and posted freely to our site. If you need to flag this entry as abusive, send us an email.

Maybe it's just because I'm writing about a book about them but Steve Barr and Green Dot schools (and "thin" or reform labor contracts in general) seem like they're turning out to be one of the unexpected (momentary?) beneficiaries of the post-WFS search for more promising approaches than nonunion charters featured in the movie. The thin contract and other variants on the traditional labor agreement have been mentioned over the past few days by NYT commentators (Brent Staples, Gail Collins) and wonks (Jonathan Gyurko) and advocates (Randi Weingarten) and journalists (Dana Goldstein). I wonder how many thin contracts there are nationally -- including pilots and other variants.

Cross-posted from This Week In Education.

Popular in the Community

Close

What's Hot