Recent surveys of teachers and principals regarding their perceptions of professional development needs and preferred modes of delivery for inservice teacher education revealed similarities and discrepancies between the two groups. The findings indicated that joint development of inservice programs would be beneficial. (Author/WD)

A 1972-73 survey of 50 medium-sized public school districts in Wisconsin took 16 variables into account, including teacher salaries and experience, geographic region, and district revenues, in determining that collective bargaining had little or no influence on pupil-teacher ratios. (RW)

A questionnaire survey of 331 Pennsylvania public school teachers gathered data on their attitudes toward Early Retirement Incentive Plans (ERIPs) and on their demographic and job characteristics. The results show teachers strongly support the ERIP concept, chiefly because of their desires to pursue second careers or leisure pursuits. (RW)

Three hundred regular elementary teachers in North Carolina were surveyed regarding their concerns about educating handicapped children in the regular classroom. Results indicated that teachers felt a lack of expertise in planning for individual differences and were confused as to their role and responsibilities toward the handicapped child. (DB)

As the result of inservice training and public information efforts in the Fremont (California) Unified School District, 138 children were referred to the district's program for visually impaired students over a 3 1/2 year period. (Author)

Describes the method by which the results of a survey of those community colleges in Illinois with electronics programs were used to determine a common core of subjects in electronics that would be acceptable statewide at the four-year college level. (AYC)

Over 2,000 state correctional facilities responded to a survey of handicapped juvenile offenders committed to state facilities throuqhout the U.S. and its territories. (Author/CL)

The authors examined the differences existing in selected categories of fringe benefits among 991 teachers from varied settings in New Mexico. Teacher desires were found indifferent with regard to their tenure status, sex, level of teaching, or school district size, in at least one of the four subhypotheses tested. (Author/IRT)

Examines salary data for a sample of 50 small and medium-sized school districts in Wisconsin to determine how collective bargaining affects teacher salaries compared to other factors. Concludes that bargaining has had a significant negative effect on teacher salaries in these districts. (Author/JG)

A survey reveals that Alabama administrators know little about the Jewish religion and show small concern for the religious needs of those other than the predominantly Protestant groups of their communities. (Author/IRT)

Concludes that a combination of a writing sample and an objective test should be used to place students in freshman composition courses. (DD)

Surveys public school principals in Alabama. Finds that they prefer inclusive schools that provide a continuum of services and would not chose to place students with disabilities in regular classes full time. Shows that principals feel more funding will be required to develop an inclusive school, and that both regular and special education…

A survey of 300 Nevada human services workers tested four areas of multicultural competence: awareness, knowledge, skills, and relationship. Women scored higher than men on three subscales. Graduate-degree workers scored higher than BA-level workers on two subscales. Cultural awareness was the weakest area overall, although minority workers scored…

A survey of 130 Connecticut teachers serving handicapped children aged birth to 6 found that the teachers used a variety of curricula, used individualized education programs, used structured didactic methods, felt highly successful at achieving their instructional goals, and had positive attitudes about their effectiveness as teachers. (Author/JDD)

The Illinois survey of 72 community residential alternatives serving 512 developmentally disabled persons found that, though recreation and leisure activities were a part of residents' lives, funding for leisure pursuits was limited and a need for improvement and/or expansion of recreation/leisure services was expressed. (Author/DB)