Speeches-Tom Hobart, 1978-1986

Statement to the Board of Regents Hearing on a Proposed Professional Board for Teaching, January 31, 1978; testimony of Hobart to the NYS Legislative Institute on the Real Property Tax Crisis: Full Value Assessment and Financing Our Schools, December 3, 1979; Testimony of Thomas Y. Hobart, Jr., President, New York State United Teachers, to the Board of Regents Tentative Proposal on Teaching as a Profession and Teacher Competence, calling the proposal an "explosive document" designed to weaken collective bargaining and due process, asserting that the original recommendations of the 1977 Task Force on Teacher Education and Certification were barely recognizable, April 11, 1980; testimony by Hobart to the Standing Committee on Ways & Means, New York State Legislature, on the Impact of the Reagan Administration Budget on New York State, calling it "disastrous," predicting large property tax increases, April 23, 1981; testimony to the Senate Committee on Higher Education, on Education and the Job Market, noting the difference between education and training, September 24, 1982; testimony to the Assembly of the State of New York on Setting Priorities for New York State Public Education in the Future, October 31, 1983; testimony to U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education, re inadequate funding under Reagan Administration, tax issues, February 19, 1985; testimony at the NYS Senate Education Committee Hearing on Strengthening Teaching in Elementary and Secondary Schools, January 28, 1986; speech, "Study Challenges Teaching in the Next Decade," re survey by Metropolitan Life, c. 1985; speech, "Education Department Concerned about Sailing Skills; Liberty Loses Out to Australia II," 1984, re loss of America's Cup to foreign competitor for first time in 132 years, concern that event was result of laxity in physical education programs, proposed remediation (probably facetious)