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Download full textRichmond, Matthew – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2014
From 1970 to 2010, the number of non-teaching staff in the United States (those employed by school systems but not serving as classroom teachers) grew by 130 percent. Today, non-teachers comprise a robust half of the public-school workforce (totaling roughly three million individuals), and their salaries and benefits absorb one-quarter of current…
Descriptors: School Personnel, Nonprofessional Personnel, Comparative Analysis, Educational Trends
Morehead State Univ., KY. Appalachian Adult Basic Education Demonstration Center. – 1970
The Counselor-Aide Program is implemented by para-professionals working cooperatively with a certified counselor, in an effort to raise the economic level of the adults in Carroll County, through an improvement in the educational level of achievement. The counselor aides feel that they have been reasonably successful in meeting the objectives as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Counseling Services, Educational Improvement
Foucar-Szocki, Diane; Bolt, Les – 2001
A stratified random sample of Virginia's 4,000 employers with over 100 employees was surveyed about workplace-based foundational basic skills (oral and written communication, reading, math, thinking skills, teamwork, English proficiency, and basic computer literacy). A total of 446 surveys were sent with a usable response rate of 18 percent.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Computer Literacy, Differences
