Employers look at Illinois junior college occupational education. (Editor)

Findings of a masters thesis study designed to answer the question Does our automotive instructional program teach what industry uses?" (GR)

Summarizes information gathered State by State on policies regarding the paraprofessional in the educational system. (LN)

A project instituted to study the problem of inadequate and poor-quality summer programs for teenagers is discussed, and a list of "programs for the seventies is given. (DB)

Educators in Virginia were asked to identify instructional objectives in social studies for grades K-12. Results indicated that the grades K-3 should focus on affective educational goals, grades 4-6 goals should emphasize cognitive outcomes, grade 7-8 goals should stress skill development and cognitive educational objectives, and grades 9-12…

A survey was conducted of accredited colleges and universities in Pennsylvania to investigate knowledge of alternative community living arrangement (ALA) services for developmental disabled persons. Most existing programs in training ALA personnel were offered by small colleges located outside the two large metropolitan centers in Pennsylvania…

This survey presents the teacher salary scales of each of New Jersey's school districts. Summary tables outline average and median state salaries and correlate New Jersey teachers' salaries to inflation and the consumer price index for the period 1973-1980. (SJL)

Investigated the opinions of both psychologists and counselors relative to the services that a counselor licensure law for private practice would allow. Responses to a questionnaire (N=202) indicated that counselors and psychologists have similar attitudes regarding the inclusion of psychotherapy in a counselor licensing law. (RC)

The study investigated self-reported causes of stress of specific learning disabilities (SLD) teachers. Six job related factors of stress were identified by a majority of the 173 Florida Ss surveyed. (Author)

Summarizes results of a 1979-80 survey of state history course offerings and teaching practices in New Jersey's high schools. (SJL)

Reports on a 1979 survey of 183 elementary music specialists in Connecticut, Indiana, and Washington state on their use of Orff and/or Kodaly music education techniques and their attendance at workshops on these two methods. (SJL)

Reports on a survey of Michigan high school principals, who indicated that they looked for journalism teachers with additional qualifications as writing and English teachers. (RL)