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Peer reviewedHickcox, Edward S.; Ryan, Doris W. – Curriculum Inquiry, 1979
Discusses organizational issues under the constraints of enrollment decline, focusing particularly on the politics of local autonomy and responsiveness to community attitudes regarding program modifications and school closing. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Declining Enrollment, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Download full textJohnson, Susan Moore – 1982
The use of seniority in current school layoff and transfer practices and the impact of seniority provisions on school operations are examined in this paper. The data for the study came from two sources: interviews with teachers, principals, union leaders, and district administrators in four school districts (drawn from a national sample) facing…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Contracts, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Practices
Eberts, Randall W. – 1982
Offered as a foundation for subsequent analysis, this report presents data on the frequency of teacher turnover in New York State districts from 1972 to 1977 and discusses the methods used for calculations from State Department of Education records. Data drawn from a 1-in-20 random sample totalling 13,000 teachers are analyzed in order to…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Employment Patterns, Enrollment Trends, Faculty Mobility
Chicago Panel on Public School Finances, IL. – 1984
This study describes the reassignments of regularly assigned classroom teachers in the Chicago Public Schools from 1980 to 1983, focusing on those schools with the highest number of transfers of regular teachers to other schools or assignments. In 16 high schools, the turnover was primarily due to declining enrollment, whereas in 12 schools,…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Patterns, Enrollment Trends
McDaniel, Walter A.; Gullo, Philip T. – 1978
Declining enrollment and financial setbacks faced by California community colleges have necessitated discontinuing programs and terminating the services of experienced, tenured, certified personnel. Laws and policies in California, Connecticut, and at Miami-Dade (Florida) related to reduction in force (RIF) are discussed in terms of termination…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employment Practices, Faculty Development, Job Layoff
Collins, James J., Ed.; Masley, Barbara A., Ed. – Share & Exchange. A Newsletter for Teachers, 1980
The awareness of the effects of stress on school personnel and its effects on student achievement led to the formation of a committee to examine the problem and establish some objectives. A copy of the questionnaire submitted to the personnel of the Worchester, Massachusetts, Public Schools is presented. Job related factors were listed with…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education
