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Smith, Martha L.; Smith, Milton L. – 1980
This paper reports on two processes used to begin a long-term series of studies on educational power structures in the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Purposes of the study were to determine if (1) substrata or pools of power undergird educational power structures, (2) certain paths to power are…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Employed Women, Occupational Surveys, Policy Formation
Purser, Susan R. – 1987
This paper inquires into the relationship between the criterion variable of teacher effectiveness and the independent variables of the score on the teacher evaluation procedure and the teacher demographic variables of race, sex, level of teacher certification, area of teacher certification, and years of teaching experience. The ultimate goal of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Background, Grading, High Schools
Gentry, Ruben; Wen, Shih-sung – 1988
The paper, originally given at a 1986 Ethnic and Multicultural Symposium, describes the findings of a study of Black special education teachers and the factors influential in their selection and continued participation in the profession. The study surveyed 101 Black special education teachers in 64 Mississippi school districts. Subjects were among…
Descriptors: Black Teachers, Demography, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Seaward, Marty Robertson – 1978
The purpose of this study was to compare the career maturity, self concept, and academic achievement of female students enrolled in intensive business training (IBT), cooperative vocational office training (CVOT), and regular business education programs. A sample of 240 students, equalized into three groups on the basis of IQ scores, were given…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business Education, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction