AISD's Teacher of the Year Program (TOY) recognizes and honors teachers who have demonstrated exemplary leadership and teaching. This report investigates the differences between TOY and other teachers in AISD.

This guide describes the Meritorious Budget Awards Program recognizing excellence in school system budgeting awarded by the Association of School Business Officials. The award is designed to help school business administrators achieve a high standard of excellence in budget presentations. Chapters provide the expectations and relevant criteria…

This report contains specific recommendations from the Commission on Teacher Salaries and Incentives for the State of Maryland. It is recommended that salary levels for teachers should be comparable to those of other professions and there should be greater equity of salary levels among the 24 jurisdictions in the state. In delineating incentives…

Section 1 of this report presents the results of a national survey of public school teachers in 1990, which solicited their views and opinions on the current condition of teaching. Over 20,000 teachers responded to the survey which contained questions ranging from their assessment of overall morale to the availability of instructional materials,…

This survey of 2,000 K-12 public school teachers affords a retrospective on the years of major education reforms and, by examining trend data from earlier surveys, measures the impact of this period in education. Teachers' priorities for the near-term future are also examined. The report presents some possible directions schools might take during…

This survey is based on interviews with a nationally representative sample of 1,208 teachers, including an oversample of minority teachers in the nation's public schools. Over 2,700 school children in grades 4 through 12 were also interviewed, allowing for a comparison of teachers' and students' perceptions. The focus of the survey is on how…

Changes in the condition of teaching for the country as a whole and for each state are analyzed in the following areas: (1) general population shifts; (2) elementary and secondary school enrollments, public and private; (3) numbers of public school teachers; (4) public school finance and its relationship to overall economic conditions--personal…