Teacher shortage is a major hindrance to China's rural education growth in underdeveloped areas, as well as one of the main causes of educational injustice. We conducted a survey of 5,554 teachers from 117 towns in H province in the Wuling Mountains Zone to investigate the issue of rural school teacher supply. From geographical, emotional, and…

In-service teacher professional development has been used to improve teacher effectiveness. In Kentucky, the National Science Foundation funded a large professional development program called the Appalachian Math and Science Partnership (AMSP) to provide content-based professional development to teachers in rural schools. We show that students…

Figures from the National Center for Education Statistics for 1993-94 show that most of the nation's 3 million teachers are female, experienced (over 40), and typically enjoy the support of their principals and colleagues. Fully 87% are Caucasian. Schools have yet to provide sufficient numbers of minority teachers. Most teachers would appreciate…

This paper examines the flow of teachers between schools of different socio-economic statuses. New Zealand Ministry of Education data is examined with regard to teacher age and salary structures in schools from high and low socio-economic intakes. Teacher mobility data is examined and a model of the mobility life cycle of a 'typical' teacher…

This article summarizes national data on special education teacher characteristics. Data indicate that between 1990 and 1999 the special education teaching force grew by 11% and the students with disabilities population grew by 30%; 63% of special education teachers are licensed for their main assignment; and 86% are white. (Contains references.)…

Reanalyzes data from the classic 1966 Coleman Report. Addresses whether teacher characteristics, including verbal ability and race, influenced students'"synthetic gain scores." Findings support this hypothesis. Verbal scores mattered equally for black teachers and white teachers. Black teachers were associated with higher gain scores for…

Examines to what degree variation in average teacher salaries is caused by differences across states in cost of living, teachers' personal characteristics, job characteristics, and educational demand. Uses results to adjust the average salaries and computes new, significantly different state rankings based on these adjustments. (19 references)…

A survey of physicians teaching in British Columbia's one medical school found 20 percent of the province's physicians were involved with the school in some way, most with largely non-academic ("clinical") careers. Full-time faculty worked 20 percent more hours than their clinical counterparts. Two-thirds may have full-time clinical…

Summarizes a study to identify preschool administrative and teacher variables predicting the frequency of parent-teacher communication. The sample consisted of 483 preschool teachers attending an early childhood institute. Results of multiple regression analyses indicated that administrative "center supports" contributed the most to…

Investigates influences of numerous teacher, student, and course characteristics on three aggregate measures of faculty performance, using University of North Florida university faculty-evaluation data. The ordered probit regressions indicate differences in the relative importance of faculty characteristics, depending on whether students are…

The dance teacher is a central figure in the world of dance; the impact of the dance teacher on the career of a young dancer can be decisive. A dance teacher is more often than not described as authoritarian. The present study investigated the various dimensions of the dance teacher's behavior. To map the teacher's behavior, a dance-adapted…

Methods and variables used to analyze Idaho State University faculty salaries are described, and results of salary analyses are presented. Practical issues confronting the salary study committee, procedures used to resolve them, and limitations of regression analysis are also examined. (MSE)

Results of a survey of almost 20,000 college faculty in 14 countries (Australia, Brazil, Chile, England, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, United States) are summarized. The survey investigated faculty demography, attitudes toward teaching and learning, academic governance, national and international…

Evaluation of faculty by executive program participants provides a useful teaching-effectiveness measure. Ratings of individual teaching characteristics can help identify the relative weights of certain characteristics, thereby enabling faculty to concentrate improvement efforts on characteristics yielding the biggest payoff. Faculty effectiveness…

Although SAT and ACT test scores improved during 1992, the economy has not, resulting in lower teacher salary increases and increased numbers of teacher strikes. Children read relatively little, but literacy scores are in the top 10 among 32 nations recently surveyed. Women and minority administrators are making slow progress. (MLH)