A survey of school administrators revealed that compensation and a safe, comfortable work setting were most strongly related to teacher turnover levels. Districts with higher pay and more fringe benefits had low levels of turnover; long commuting distance and old, uncomfortable buildings were related to high turnover. Implications are discussed.…

Ways in which parent teacher associations can help teachers create a favorable learning environment and improve teachers' working and living conditions include: fostering parent involvement; integrating in-school and out-of-school activities; supporting efforts to upgrade teachers' salaries; and welcoming teachers into the community.

The classroom teacher often does not receive necessary positive reinforcement, which tends to lead to low self-esteem. Tips for helping the teacher become more self-aware and more self-confident are offered. (DF)

This study employed field-study techniques to analyze six secondary schools in an attempt to identify factors that either supported or inhibited innovative practices. The development of appropriate support systems and an awareness of inhibiting factors may help to ensure that innovative practices can be initiated and maintained over time.…

Twenty-seven teachers participating in the KEEP program were interviewed to determine the extent to which they developed self-regulatory cognition and self-directed speech in response to stressful training conditions. Illustrates how self-speech and self-regulation accompany and aid the acquisition and internalization of new skills. (DR)

Based on experience teaching media studies in two maximum security institutions in the Midwest, the author describes difficulties teaching in the restrictive environment of prison and ways the challenge can be met. (PD)

Contends that effective teamwork on the part of school staff will result in an effective program. The principal's role as team organizer and coordinator, say the authors, is crucial. (Editor/RK)

This paper describes the context and conditions leading up to the November 1998 Jersey City Education Association (JCEA) strike, including the JCEA's history, state takeover of the district, and constraints in New Jersey's collective bargaining law that hampered the union's ability to address teacher dissatisfaction with curricular issues that…

The Equal Pay Act is applicable to university and college faculty. There should be a legally acceptable faculty compensation plan in existence to handle some of the implications of the law. (Editor)

The investigating report of the Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure of the American Association of University Professors on the Seek Center of the City University of New York, including an interpretative summary of events and the committee's conclusions. SEEK is a prebaccalaureate educational program (Search for Education, Elevation, and…

Contains Max Weber's writings on the problems of the German university in the face of political and bureaucratic authority and on the fundamental principles of university autonomy and academic freedom. (PG)

The sudden halt in enrollment growth at French universities has had a pronounced effect on teaching conditions and promotions for French university teachers. (PG)

Discusses the issues of academic freedom and tenure concerning the dismissal of assistant professor Jose Asseo from Camden County College, New Jersey. (PG)

As evening and extension programs grow, colleges must be concerned with making better use of part-time faculty and responding to their many unique problems. (RN)