Discussions of teacher turnover usually focus on "how many" teachers leave schools each year, without regard for their performance in the classroom. This oversimplification masks the real teacher retention crisis: not only a failure to retain enough teachers, but a failure to retain the "right" teachers. This executive summary presents findings of…

Throughout the United States, school systems are supplementing teachers' incomes as a reward for the guidance and supervision of students who participate in extracurricular activities. To provide school officials with current data on supplementation, in the fall of 1988 1,737 comprehensive surveys requesting teachers' and other selected…

Analysis reported in this annual report concludes that while faculty salaries have increased after adjusting for inflation, the gap between faculty salaries and those of others with similar education has widened significantly. Twenty-three tables detail conclusions of Committee Z on the Economic Status of the Profession and the national survey…

Comparison was made of the job attitudes of assistant coaches employed in predominantly white and black universities to determine the following job-related factors: (1) professional recognition; (2) personal initiative; (3) personal satisfaction; (4) job security; (5) salary; and (6) racial balance. Responses to a questionnaire were received from…

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…

Data on salary, fringe benefits, and tenure for instructional faculty members are presented as reported by institutions completing the Higher Education General Information Survey, 1978-79. Fourteen tables and three appendices are included. (JMF)

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 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…