One Strike Against Another
November 01, 2022
Appears in November 2022: School Administrator.
ETHICAL EDUCATOR
Scenario: A new teachers’ union president has taken an antagonistic approach to district administration and the board of education, filing multiple grievances and unfair labor practice charges throughout his first year. During contract
negotiations, he led teachers in an illegal day-long strike on a professional day. The school board reacted by telling the superintendent, who is responsible for personnel, to dismiss the union leadership, an action never previously taken in response
to a teacher strike in the state. Should the superintendent follow the instruction of the board and dismiss the union leadership?
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The Ethical Educator panel consists of
- Sheldon H. Berman, AASA lead superintendent, Redmond, Ore.;
- Roark Horn, the Pomerantz endowed professor in educational excellence, University of Northern Iowa;
- Chris Nicastro, former Missouri commissioner of education; and
- Maria G. Ott, Irving R. and Virginia A. Melbo chair in education administration, University of Southern California.
Each month, School Administrator draws on actual circumstances to raise an ethical decision-making dilemma in K-12 education. Our distinguished panelists provide their own resolutions to each dilemma.
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