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Download full textRichmond, Matthew – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2014
From 1970 to 2010, the number of non-teaching staff in the United States (those employed by school systems but not serving as classroom teachers) grew by 130 percent. Today, non-teachers comprise a robust half of the public-school workforce (totaling roughly three million individuals), and their salaries and benefits absorb one-quarter of current…
Descriptors: School Personnel, Nonprofessional Personnel, Comparative Analysis, Educational Trends
Graham, Marilyn Troth – 1991
A survey of curriculum and instructional practices in high school classrooms (N=151) in 82 school districts serving seriously emotionally disturbed (SED) and emotionally disturbed/learning disabled students in Virginia was conducted for the purpose of identifying the roles, responsibilities, and teaching skills for which SED teachers need to be…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Computers, Curriculum Development, Emotional Disturbances
Traverse, Dennis – 2000
An academic teacher at a maximum-security prison in Virginia conducted a study to determine how to improve instruction and motivate adult learners in a correctional facility. Data were collected through a survey that was distributed to 22 individuals and completed by 20 of them (2 academic teachers, 1 vocational instructor, 6 students, and 11…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning
