Box 2
Contains 137 Results:
The Breaking Point, 1950
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?"
How Did That Happen?, 1959
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"
No Help to Morale, 1955
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"
Man happily hugs bag of $40-50 million of found city funds while child pickets for teachers with a placard reading Better Salaries! Smaller Classes! Improved School Conditions!, 1960
November 05, 1960.
Teachers leap off cliff reaching for an apple which reads, Merit Pay and fall through the words, Low Pay for All, 1960
October 01, 1960.
Needed: A Giant Step, 1957
Large man in tuxedo sits at desk, listening to man in cap and gown, with a chart showing a growing war production index pointing to hot war
Drawings depicting issues facing teachers and teachers' unions including anti-Communist struggles, and issues of employment, pay, facilities, and government aid to schools.
And Make Sure We Get It, 1950
January 21, 1950. A large bag of money sings "Happy New Year" to Mr. Big, a top city official, while Miss Teacher reaches out to a fleeing two cents who say, "Maybe next July, maybe!"
The Man who came to Dinner, 1951
December 15, 1951. Monstrous man wearing a shirt reading, "Inflation" is eating a giant meal as two normal sized people eat meagerly
Dont Let it Break, 1961
May 27, 1961. "Federal Aid" Two unnamed forces- possibly city and state governments- play tug of war, with the rope representing education, and may, by their efforts, sever the lifeline to the schools.