10.2190/VD3E-X7JE-XDQ5-VJM7 VD3EX7JEXDQ5VJM7 0 TEACHER-BOARD RELATIONS IN VIRGINIA: A CASE OF PERCEPTUAL DISCONTINUITY 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=VD3EX7JEXDQ5VJM7 3 PATRICK W. CARLTON AND RICHARD T. JOHNSON The authors report on a pair of data gathering activities involving the sampling of opinions, pro and con, of teachers and school board members in Virginia on collective bargaining, militant activities by teachers, and political activism by teachers in pursuit of economic goals. The data showed almost total lack of agreement between the two groups. The authors speculate that this lack of perceptual congruency may be accounted for by socio-economic status differences, coupled with differential role and reality perceptions. The authors further suggest the probability of overt militance in Virginia unless some form of managerial ameliorative action takes place in the near future.