Are Core Subjects Becoming a Dumping Ground for Reassigned High School Teachers?

A study of the reassignment of a shrinking metropolitan district's unterminated high school teachers during the late 1970s and early 1980s revealed that except in music and home economics, the number of classes taught by teachers who had majored in the relevant subject area declined, sometimes...

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Published inEducational Leadership Vol. 42; no. 8; p. 65
Main Authors Gehrke, Nathalie J, Sheffield, Rosemary
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1985
Subjects
Administrator Attitudes
Reduction in Force
Secondary Education
Secondary School Teachers
Teacher Education
Teacher Qualifications
Teaching Load
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Summary:A study of the reassignment of a shrinking metropolitan district's unterminated high school teachers during the late 1970s and early 1980s revealed that except in music and home economics, the number of classes taught by teachers who had majored in the relevant subject area declined, sometimes dramatically. (PGD)