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Association of Teacher Educators, Reston, VA. – 1985
The Commission on Master Teachers shares the results of its study and deliberations on career ladders in teaching by examining assumptions, recalling facts about educational change, and posing critical questions in regard to the purpose, design, process, and support needed to establish a school district career ladder staffing arrangement. Proposed…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Differentiated Staffs, Elementary Secondary Education, Master Teachers
Murray, James E.; Brown, Kathleen Sullivan – 2003
This study reviewed the historical development of the teacher-compensation paradigm, discussed the current trends in alternative compensation policy strategies, and examined the teacher-compensation policies and practices in one state. The study was a mixed-methods policy analysis that used multiple linear regression, cluster analysis, and…
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Contract Salaries, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
Frady, Marshall; And Others – 1985
The first two-thirds of this book, an adaptation of the 1984 television documentary "To Save Our Schools, To Save Our Chldren," reports on an ABC News Closeup study of the challenges facing education in the United States. The book discusses the vast dispartities between educational ideals and realities, suggests that the future of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Problems, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy
Nebo School District, Spanish Fork, UT. – 1986
In 1972-73 Grant Elementary School began the first year-round school in Utah. The program involves changes for teachers and students, and increases both in the number of school days and teachers' salaries. Each teacher has one-fourth more students than the average classroom in the community; each teacher has one-fourth more days (45) in which to…
Descriptors: Attendance, Average Daily Attendance, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation
Tucker, Marc; Mandel, David – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
Describes the recommendations of the Carnegie Report to restructure the schools in ways that could transform teaching into a career worth pursuing and could produce the greatest possible gains for all students. Teachers need a better incentive structure and need to be invested with greater discretion in making professional judgments. (IW)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Compensation (Remuneration), Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education