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Box 2

 Container

Contains 137 Results:

Toward Higher Horizons, 1959

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
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October 10, 1959. Man walks up steps titled Parent Cooperation, Guidance, Remedial Help and Enriched School Programs. Against the background of the optimistic statement of Superintendent of schools John J. Theobald that "we are aping resources of unbelievable riches that have been all along neglected," a student moves up the steps of an enriched school program, remedial help, guidance and parent cooperation "toward higher horizons."

Dates: 1959

Still Out of Reach, 1961

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

January 14, 1961. Retired teacher climbs ladder after her "Adequate Pension" which has sprouted wings and is flying away.

Dates: 1961

Consumer Prices at Record High, 1958

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

March 29, 1958. Man climbs a short set of crumbling steps, following the cost of living on a chart behind him, however, the cost of living continues to rise, and the man can go no farther up

Dates: 1958

Businessman falls from clouds labeled Professional Salary Level while reading the headline, Report Teacher Pay Raised

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Drawings depicting issues facing teachers and teachers' unions including anti-Communist struggles, and issues of employment, pay, facilities, and government aid to schools.

Top education Brass smile over their Prosperity budget, while teachers kicked to the ground by large shoe, representing their Austerity budget

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Drawings depicting issues facing teachers and teachers' unions including anti-Communist struggles, and issues of employment, pay, facilities, and government aid to schools.

The Breaking Point, 1950

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

January 28, 1950. Teacher is stretched with rope by man in glasses, the lengths teacher is stretched are marked by the demands on their time, 25+ period weeks, 30+ period weeks and extra curricular activities, while the school official, wielding the stretching device, asks, "What stretchout?"

Dates: 1950

How Did That Happen?, 1959

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

September 26, 1959. Massive Board of Education member sits on top of overcrowded school while reading the headline "900 Teaching Positions Dropped in Reallocation of Funds"

Dates: 1959

No Help to Morale, 1955

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

February 05, 1955. Substitute teacher looks at menacing stack on her desk, reading "Board of Education to resist decision granting sick pay to subs", "No Tenure", "No Pension", "Layoffs"

Dates: 1955