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Hill, Heather C. – Future of Children, 2007
The U.S. educational system invests heavily, in both time and money, in continuing education for teachers. In this article Heather Hill examines the effectiveness of two forms of teacher learning--graduate coursework and professional development. She focuses first on graduate education. Almost half of all teachers have a master's degree. Many…
Descriptors: Salaries, Graduate Study, Continuing Education, Program Effectiveness
Jacobson, Stephen L. – 1987
Using personnel files provided by New York's state education department, this study examines and compares teacher retention rates in relation to region and gender from 1974 through 1984 in school districts using alternative practices of internal salary distribution. A total of 57 school districts from 2 regions of the state were included in the…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Practices
Michael, Douglas O., Comp.; Rivenburgh, Edwin, Comp. – 1986
Data are presented from a survey of each of 34 New York State community colleges: Adirondack, Broome, Cayuga, Clinton, Columbia-Greene, Corning, Dutchess, Erie/City, Erie/North, Erie/South, Finger Lakes, Fulton-Montgomery, Genesee, Herkimer, Hudson Valley, Jamestown, Jefferson, Mohawk Valley, Monroe, Nassau, Niagara, North Country, Onondaga,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrator Responsibility, Administrators, Community Colleges
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New York State Education Dept., Albany. Educational Research Services Unit. – 1987
This report updates a 1985 research study prepared for the New York State Regents Task Force on Education and Economic Development. Average per pupil expenditures in 1984-85 were analyzed for 13 expense categories among 3 groups of school districts in New York State: (1) the New York City suburban counties; (2) the "Big Five" cities (New…
Descriptors: Charts, Comparative Analysis, Cost Indexes, Costs
Eberts, Randall W.; Stone, Joe A. – 1984
This report investigates six differences in promotions to administrative positions in elementary and secondary education and assesses the influence of affirmative action and equal employment opportunity enforcement. Conclusions are based on longitudinal data from Oregon and New York for thousands of individual educators employed during the 1970's…
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Affirmative Action, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Bacharach, Samuel B.; Mitchell, Stephen M. – 1983
Emphasizing a distinction between interpersonal versus intergroup behavior, this paper investigates the impact of interpersonal and intergroup characteristics on the individual's decision to rely on collective action. Four dimensions of interpersonal versus intergroup behavior--social mobility versus social change, personal deprivation versus…
Descriptors: Behavior, Educational Administration, Elementary School Teachers, Group Behavior