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Peer reviewedPhelan, William T. – Peabody Journal of Education, 1983
The views of teachers and principals in Massachusetts on early retirement and other issues associated with reduction-in-force policies were sampled and analyzed. Alternatives to layoffs, methods of evaluating teacher performance fairly, and use of seniority as a criterion for retention are discussed. (PP)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Early Retirement, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedWoods, Peter – Oxford Review of Education, 1994
Asserts that new government policies must be mediated and implemented through teachers. Maintains that research among some teachers reveals a number of creative adaptations to the English National Curriculum. Describes four aspects of this adaption and argues that they are all related to self-determination. (CFR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Research, Elementary Education
