The findings from part 3 of the seventh annual American School Board Journal survey of school board members are reported. Board members were asked about policy changes made in the areas of graduation requirements, financial incentives for teachers, and instructional time. (TE)

Provides demographic data on board of education members in various regions of the country. (IRT)

After controlling for the primary concern of board members (finance in all its forms), there isn't much difference between the concerns of board members and those of the public. (IRT)

Results of a national survey of board of education members include demographic information and outline the members' most pressing concerns. Members' concerns are compared with those the general public expressed in the 1979 Gallup Poll. (Author/IRT)

Despite some regional differences, school board members strongly approve of vocational education and take issue with critics who doubt the value of these programs for high school students. (Author/IRT)

School board members can accurately be labeled as suburban, white, middle or upper-middle class, and middle-aged. School board membership is, however, no longer almost exclusively male; females made up 26 percent of the respondents in the study. (Author/IRT)

School board members seem to have different priorities of concern for the management of local school districts than does the general public. (Author/IRT)

The findings from part 1 of the seventh annual American School Board Journal survey of school board members are reported. Board members listed their 14 most pressing concerns, with lack of financial support foremost; other concerns are listed by region, in order of the percentage who expressed each concern. (TE)

Summarizes results of a national survey of the concerns and characteristics of school board members. Presents board members' concerns by school system size and compares these concerns with those of the general public. (JM)

The findings from part 2 of the seventh annual American School Board Journal survey of school board members are reported. Demographic characteristics including sex, age, ethnic background, education, marital status, occupation, income, and board service are listed by region, showing that board members are generally well off. (TE)

Outlines results from a nationwide survey of school board members and superintendents attempting to identify board member and superintendent agreements and disagreements about their roles in school leadership. Includes a chart outlining the responses and a list of the four areas identified as likely to cause conflict. (MD)