What does 2012 hold, both in terms of policy and politics, for the developing relationship between public-sector workers and taxpayers? What does a proactive reform agenda for 2012 look like? Is a pro-reform platform a winning issue for reformers or their opponents? This event will address these and other questions in two panel discussions.

In the end, overcompensation for public employees isn't just about collective bargaining; it's simply that the public sector is different from the private sector.

Frederick M. Hess addresses three topics deserving attention regarding education policy: collective bargaining, the potentially adverse consequences of ill-conceived federal efforts to redistribute those teachers who seem to be effective, and our limited ability to systematically identify "effective" teachers for purposes of federal policy.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is currently the target of a recall effort spearheaded by national public employee unions. If his opponents get enough signatures by Jan. 17, Wisconsin will hold a gubernatorial election this summer. The outcome is crucial to the future of the country.

The Employee Free Choice Act would undercut the idea of a secret ballot in unionization drives and guarantee mandatory arbitration of many initial collective bargaining agreements.

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Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney shares his vision for education reform on the occasion of the release of a new report on teacher collective bargaining agreements written by Frederick M. Hess of AEI and Martin West of the...

Facing a determined recall effort by Democrats in his home state, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) defended his public-employee reforms as adjustments that ultimately protect the middle class.