NYSUT Executive Committee Meeting, 1996

October 24, 1996. Agenda; President's Report; requests for affiliation; Division of Research & Educational Services Monthly Report, October; newspaper clippings; article in Education Week and charts re performance of private Edison Schools; Remarks by Donald Benker, chair, School Funding Task Force, NYSUT, at a discussion sponsored by H. Carl McCall, New York State Comptroller, on an Agenda for Equitable and Cost-Effective School Finance Reform, October 16, 1996; memo re Executive Committee meeting with Commissioner Mills, October 17; comments by English teachers at Lindenhurst Senior High School re new Comprehensive Examination in English, calling test not rigorous enough to evaluate comprehension, vocabulary, or critical thinking, and an insult to average-performing students, October 23