The main argument is that standards for certifying teachers are too lax. It is argued that this might have been acceptable when there was a shortage of teachers, but, now that there is an oversupply of teachers, it is time to certify only the best qualified. The author criticizes certification practices which ignore thoretical standards and…

This publication is a compilation of five papers presented at the 1975 Personnel Management Institutes held by the New York State School Boards Association. Although the meeting was intended to provide useful information about personnel matters specifically for school board members and school administrators from New York, much of the content of…

This book is intended to make Illinois educators aware of the legal and financial aspects of their job, so that they may avoid legal pitfalls and become more efficient practitioners of their profession. Based on the premise that legal and financial matters are only means to the end of providing quality education for all students, the authors…

A 1966 study of the Kansas secondary schools sought to determine the prevailing conditions in the language arts classrooms in the state and the personal qualifications of the state's 1,656 language arts teachers. Findings revealed that (1) more than half of the language arts teachers were teaching in schools with fewer than 500 students, (2)…

The total member of students per professional staff member in the public elementary and secondary school systems of the nation decreased from an estimated 19.8 in 1970-71 to 17.7 in 1972-73, or a decrease of 10.6 percent. The enrollment for the approximately 16,408 operating public school systems in 1972-73 was estimated to be 45,299,766; the…

This paper applies cost-effectiveness analytic techniques to decisions on teacher recruitment and retention. The data are derived from the U.S. Office of Education's Survey of Equal Opportunity for the school year 1965-66. Evidence relating teacher characteristics to student achievement is combined with data on the costs of obtaining teachers with…

A key factor in educational planning is providing for an adequate and appropriate supply of teachers for future occupational education needs. This study develops an economic demand and supply model for vocational teachers in secondary schools, a model of the market for teacher services. Data for the study were taken from census reports and from…

This 1974 examination of Massachusetts state colleges developed a report centering on six areas of concern in teacher education. (1) "Reform and Renewal"--an examination of factors promoting or hindering renewal resulted in proposals to establish projects exploring alternative structures and processes and to evaluate the results for replication.…

Compares attitudes of Maine elected school officials, teachers, and community members on 18 educational issues including teacher and administrator salaries, merit salary increases, teacher competency exams, tenure, collective bargaining, truancy/drop-out rates, student competency exams, graduation requirements, discipline, substance abuse,…

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 directed the U.S. General Accounting Office to determine whether the Department of Defense (DOD) overseas teachers' compensation package is adequate to recruit and retain qualified teachers. The Act also required GAO to determine whether or not any revisions to the law governing DOD…

This study represents an initial effort to gather information about new teacher-induction relationships that can be used to establish criteria for judging organizational theory. Its purpose was to assess whether a pupil-control or an organizational-defensive routine model characterizes new teacher-induction programs. Data were gathered from two…

In fall 2000, all 3,506 superintendents in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin received a survey that asked them to report on the strategies they had implemented to attract and retain teachers and on how effective those strategies had been. The survey was designed to collect basic information about a variety of…

This report contains national trend and predictor data for the supply of public school K-12 teachers in eight cognate areas: general elementary education; mathematics and science education; language education; social studies education; arts, physical, and health education; business and vocational education; other general education; and special…

The effort to obtain equal pay for teachers, especially for women teaching at the elementary school level, is traced briefly. Teachers are urged to resist salary bonuses for teachers of science and mathematics and to work instead to increase salaries for all teachers. (PP)

Considers the contrasts and changing nature of teaching in France, England, and the United States. Reveals that sweeping public policy directives in the early 1960s created radically different educational institutions in England and France. By contrast, the United States has remained fairly constant with its emphasis on local autonomy. (MJP)