Describes 2 differing Supreme Court rulings concerning procedures for explaining nonrenewal of contract to nontenured professors. (HS)

This survey of 464 junior college teachers from 60 institutions was designed to determine the relative importance to faculty members of four categories of employee benefits--security, teaching, research, and income supplement. (NF)

School boards have numerous opportunities to show support for and make teachers allies on many fronts. Teachers need assurance that their welfare is a school board concern. Overcoming negative attitudes requires that boards stop viewing teachers as menial servants or hired hands. (Author/CM)

Argues that public school teachers are unable to do their jobs properly because the classroom has become an unworkable environment. Advocates strong teacher associations that will force boards, administrators, and the community to make the changes necessary to facilitate real teaching. (SJL)

Proposes that English teachers hone their skills and devote time and effort to building public relations. Considers ways of telling the English teacher's story regionally, through letter writing campaigns, public service announcements, and public affairs programing. (RL)

Tips are given for coping with teacher burnout. (LH)

Provides excerpts from the six-part history of the United Federation of Teachers, New York City to show that most of the day-to-day rights and dignities teachers now take for granted once had to be wrested from a reluctant and uncooperative system. Suggests that the struggle to maintain these rights is continuing. (GR)

The contribution of American teachers needs to be recognized and reaffirmed. A federally funded teacher enrichment program that offers fellowships, summer institutes, recruitment opportunities and scholarships for those working with at-risk students is suggested. (DG)

Identified the work-related problems perceived by public school prekindergarten teachers. Found 37 problems that occurred significantly more frequently than others. The global areas perceived to be of most concern included parent relationships; discipline; program requirements; student success; time; classroom personnel; affiliation; and…

Presents questionnaire results from teachers in Australia examining how they attribute responsibility for their job stress and satisfaction. Suggests that difference levels of stress exist at elementary and secondary levels. Concludes that teachers attribute responsibility for stress to themselves in relation to their perception of their…

Examined the relation of occupational stress in the child care workplace to three facets of staff burnout: emotional exhaustion; depersonalization; and personal accomplishment. Results showed that work role conflict and ambiguity predicted a significant portion of variance in the three aspects of staff burnout, and that social support buffered the…

Describes the Network for Education and Academic Rights, which mobilizes transglobal academic communities to exert pressure on repressive regimes and to support the safety and freedom of members of the academic community. (EV)

Presents a study that examined the occupational motivation, satisfaction, and health of 609 English teachers and school executives and that tested a model of teacher satisfaction developed in Australia in a previous research phase. Findings are interpreted in the context of the English education system. (CMK)