A study summarized the voting patterns to form a political profile of Texas teachers. A questionnaire was sent to 500 teachers who were members of the Texas State Teachers Association in 1983. General information was collected on nineteen characteristics of teachers, including such categories as sex, marital status, place of birth, place of…

A report is given on the third in a series of biannual surveys of Texas public school teachers. A comparison is made between findings in 1984 and data collected in 1980 and 1982 from a sample of 500 teachers. Findings indicate that more than a fourth of Texas teachers moonlight during the academic year. Nearly 40 percent of the respondents were…

In an attempt to describe a typical Texas teacher, a study was conducted to establish baseline data in conjunction with the Texas State Teachers Association. In May 1990, a questionnaire with 78 discrete questions, 3 continuous data questions, and 1 open-ended question was sent to 560 teachers. The return rate was 40 percent. The results include a…

A comparison of surveys of Texas State Teachers Association members in 1983, 1991, and 1996 yields information about trends in the average Texas teachers political profile and voting patterns. The profile developed from the 1996 survey of 700 teachers indicated that the average Texas teacher is female (86 percent), in her 40's (36 percent),…

This paper is the 10th in a series of biannual surveys of Texas public school teachers that began in 1980 to examine teacher characteristics (including their feelings about moonlighting). Participating teachers were selected using a computerized systematic sample from a population of 100,000 members of the Texas State Teachers Association. For the…

This is the ninth in a series of biennial surveys of Texas public school teachers, which have been taken since 1980 to form a database of demographic information related to characteristics of Texas teachers. A computerized systematic sample of Texas teachers (N=599) was selected from a population of 100,000 members of the Texas State Teachers…

This is the sixth in a series of biennial surveys of Texas public school teachers. It is part of a study, begun in 1980, to form a database of demographic information related to characteristics of Texas teachers. The results of the present survey are presented and analyzed. Information includes: (1) national data for teachers in 1976 and 1986; (2)…

Two statewide surveys of Texas public school teachers who were members of the Texas State Teachers Association were conducted in l980 and in 1982. The 1980 survey, with 291 respondents, revealed that many teachers were considering leaving teaching. Of these, almost half cited low salaries as the chief reason. The survey also revealed that holding…

This survey, the eighth in a series of biannual surveys of demographic information related to Texas public school teachers, had 361 respondents. Data indicate that the average teacher in Texas is a 43-year-old female, making a $30,395 salary, is married with a working spouse, has a bachelor's degree, is not the breadwinner, teaches elementary…