Every four years, the presidential election campaign unfolds, and the position of the candidates on education is predictable: They are in favor of it. Something else is easy to predict: In every presidential campaign, hot-button issues--some important and some infuriatingly not--suck up most of the oxygen, and the hoped-for focus on education…

It's no secret that the dearth of special education teachers has created huge headaches for district human resources departments, especially in suburban and rural areas. In addition to insufficient numbers of candidates applying for special education jobs, retention of special education teachers is an ever-greater problem, as research indicates…

An analysis of the largely unprofessional ways in which English polytechnics recruit staff. (Editor)

Recruitment of Vocational Agribusiness Teachers (ROVAT) was conceived to label the plan of attack for recruitment of teachers of agriculture in Indiana. (Author)

THE BIBLIOGRAPHY IS ONE OF SEVERAL VOLUMES PURSUING ROLE THEORY, ROLE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER, AND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TEACHER ROLE AND THE PROBLEMS OF TEACHER RECRUITMENT. THREE BIBLIOGRAPHIC STUDIES CONSOLIDATE PREVIOUS RESEARCH IN THE ROLE AREA. TWO ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC STUDIES WERE PREPARED AND ARE REPORTED IN VOLUME D,…

A State Education Department-based agency or Teachers Reserve is needed to canvass New York for potential teachers to stem the rising teacher shortage and to develop and maintain a program for training or retraining any individual desiring a teaching career. A statewide meeting of colleges, school administrators, and women's service groups is…

Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states are experiencing teacher shortages in certain geographic and subject areas. Teacher preparation programs are not graduating enough students in certain subjects, and more teachers are approaching retirement eligibility. SREB states are seeking alternative sources of teachers to help relieve shortages.…

Technical Education is a bimonthly supplement to IAVE. (GR)

Condensed by author from his study, The Education, Sources and Recruitment of Wisconsin Vocational-Technical Teachers. Univeristy of Wisconsin, 1969.

Lists 10 questions a school board should ask the superintendent to help district improve the recruitment and hiring of excellent teachers. For example, can you briefly explain the process we use to hire teachers? (PKP)

Good teachers like to be associated with good schools and school systems. The small rural school could become excellent in ways that would resolve its recruitment difficulties while improving education for students and teachers alike. (JOW)

Examines how the Family and Medical Leave Act's special rules affecting primary and secondary education are likely to change the way that school administrators think about and make use of substitutes. Considers the pool of people who become substitutes and the way that they are recruited and compensated. Discusses intermittent leave for teachers…

Alternative certification is a means of increasing the pool of qualified individuals to teach technology education. Potential participants include military personnel, midcareer downsized managers, and older adults. (Author)