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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 Brookings Institution. The report, “A Better Bargain: Overhauling Teacher Collective Bargaining for the 21st Century,” is published by Harvard University’s Program on Education Policy and Governance. Parallel to Governor Romney’s proposed comprehensive education reforms in Massachusetts—which include important changes to teacher collective bargaining practices—Hess and West propose an agenda for overhauling today’s outdated teacher collective bargaining agreements. These relics from the industrial era hinder efforts to recruit and retain excellent educators, restrict the ability of principals to dismiss underperforming teachers, and overregulate schools with work rules that undermine sensible management.