The vast majority of the teachers surveyed responded positively to questions about the practical value of the series, which is designed to deal openly and directly with social, emotional, and physical problems that typically confront eight- to ten-year old students. (Author/IRT)

Motivational factors affecting decisions to discontinue existing minicourse programs or to not consider the adoption of minicourse programs tend to be programmatic and administrative rather than philosophical. (Author/IRT)

Addresses teachers' concerns generated by the Madeline Hunter clinical supervision movement sweeping over 60 percent of all Pennsylvania school districts. Although some teachers praise the model for its attention to teaching, sense of professionalism, standardization of teaching methods, and career enhancement approach, two-thirds of the teachers…

Presents descriptions of the methods and findings of four surveys conducted recently in education on (1) stress among university faculty members, (2) special education in teacher education programs, (3) teachers' and students' views on discipline, and (4) budgetary cuts in teacher education. (JBM)

Presents a summary of findings from the spring 1984 Gallup Poll of Teacher's Attitudes. (MD)

Reports results from the 1984 Canadian Education Association poll of public opinion of education. This is the first Canadian survey of its kind. (MD)

Reports the results of a survey of all 50 state departments of education and the superintendent's office in the District of Columbia concerning their bilingual programs. Predicts that the need for such programs will increase. (Author/WD)

Reports the results of a recent survey of 2,282 educators to determine their perceptions of the major problems facing U.S. public schools. Compares findings of the survey with those of the 1981 Gallup Poll of public attitudes toward the public schools. (WD)

A survey of 14 urban and 28 suburban junior high school students revealed little difference between them on their views of urban schools. Those views were often more favorable than expected. (IRT)

Among the findings of this survey of faculty members and administrators at a large eastern university are that tenure status is a key indicator of tenure attitude and that neither the tenured nor the nontenured group believed job security to be as crucial to tenure as opponents of tenure tend to assert. (IRT)

Presents the full report of the Gallup poll of public attitudes toward the public schools. (IRT)

A survey of teacher education institutions indicates that only five of the 17 curriculum areas investigated are significantly affected by the implementation of state minimum competency testing programs. (Author/IRT)

"Kappan" asked 75 "young education leaders" of 1980 to answer some open-ended questions regarding education's purpose and future direction. The 42 respondents identified knowing, thinking, and problem solving as education's major purpose, followed by personal development and economic competence. Respondents felt integration of technology was the…

Presents results of the 33rd Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll on the public's attitudes toward the public schools. Includes a summary of key findings and tables showing percentage distributions of responses to each question. (PKP)