Commissioner Nyquist, 1971-1977

NYSUT press release commenting on decision by Regents to end the tenure of Commissioner of Education Ewald Nyquist, expressing hope for better relations with next commissioner, November 19, 1976; press release, "Commissioner Nyquist Releases Statement," noting that he was greatly disturbed that some members of the Board of Regents were seeking his resignation, November 4, 1976; letter from Hobart to Nyquist, wishing him well, June 23, 1977; newspaper clippings re public criticism of Nyquist by state Commerce Commissioner John Dyson; address by Nyquist, "Four Priorities," delivered to the Annual Education Convention of the Association of Orthodox Jewish Teachers, May 26, 1975; address by Nyquist on financing elementary and secondary education, "Disgruntleness, or Education Is No Longer a Money-Splendored Thing," presented at annual midwinter meeting of the NYS Council of School District Administrators, with cover press release by State Education Department, January 29, 1976, and cover letter from Nyquist to Hobart, noting recommendations were difficult to make; address by Nyquist to the Long Island Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, "Education Is a Slipping Priority (And Some Expectations)," March 17, 1977; address by Nyquist to the tenth annual meeting of the NYS Council of School Administrators, "Concinnity and the Age of the Querulous (or the False Dawn of the Age of Aquarius)," October 6, 1976; "Public Involvement: An Occasional Paper by Commissioner of Education Ewald B. Nyquist: An Educational Partnership among Parents, Students, Professionals, and Citizens of New York State School Districts," January 1977; letter from Nyquist to the Board of Regents, re complaint by NYSUT (vice president Antonia Cortese) that changes were made to the Commissioner's Regulations re good moral character without the approval of the Teacher Education, Certification and Practice Board or consultation with the Regents, June 20, 1977; letter from Chancellor Theodore Black to Tom Hobart re regulations on length of school day and other issues, January 21, 1977; notice of public hearings re Five-Year State Plan for Occupational Education, December 21, 9176, with attached schedule; summaries of Regents legislative proposals for 1977, with cover letter to Hobart from Nyquist, December 10, 1976; NYSUT press release, "Teachers' President Scores Education Commissioner," re Hobart's criticism of Nyquist's urging a wage freeze on teachers, February 3, 1976; "A Message from the Commissioner of Education for the Annual School Meetings 1975"; message, 1973; agenda for meeting with the Commissioner, February 15, 1973; Summary Statement by Ewald B. Nyquist, President of the University of the State of New York and Commissioner of Education, on behalf of the New York State School Boards Association, New York State United Teachers, and many other organizations, before the Committee on Appropriations, Labor/Health, Education and Welfare Subcommittee, U.S. House of Representatives, May 22, 1973, and accompanying fact sheets of data re aid to school districts; speech by Nyquist, "A Tribute to Catharine O'C. Barrett," upon her becoming vice president and president-elect of NEA, September 30, 1971