Box 2
Contains 137 Results:
Young girl holding a battered science text dated circa 1940 says to her father [in blue pencil in page border] but Dad, how can I do my science homework- I cant find any pages on outer space in this book., 1962
February 03, 1962.
Cauldron with steam rising, on hook over fire. No text.
Drawings depicting issues facing teachers and teachers' unions including anti-Communist struggles, and issues of employment, pay, facilities, and government aid to schools.
In a classroom, Saul stands by a desk that supports a tape recorder.
A man in black coat, hat, and dark glasses sits, in a waste basket [?], saying "names, names, names, names. Saul signs a check [?] for "$25 per day".
An Inspiring Teacher, 1952
February 02, 1952. Two boys, one black and one white, comfortably share a desk and a book, reading together. Above them is a profile of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Forbidden Territory, 1953
February 14, 1953. The "Thought Police" blows his whistle to stop school bus at an "out of bounds" intersection. Directional signs read "education, controversy, independent thought, and criticism". [Penciled in is "forbidden territory"]
Lest We forget, 1953
Excess Story, 1952
June 14, 1952. A man sits at a desk writing an "excess list" and admonishing a teacher carrying "certificates of competence" in drafting, English, and other studies.
A black woman and black girl sit together at a table with a copy of The First Reader.
Drawings depicting issues facing teachers and teachers' unions including anti-Communist struggles, and issues of employment, pay, facilities, and government aid to schools.
No Others Need Apply, 1952
May 17, 1952. Board of Education prospective candidates represented by placards for "banker, trust company attorney, corporate executive, big business man, real estate, manufacturer, utilities man, textile executive, and Tammany hack". ["No others need apply- the Mayor" penciled in the border]. Mayor Vincent Impelliterri was strongly criticized by the Teacher's Union for confining his appointments to the Board of Education to such persons as bankers, trust company attorneys, etc..
The Board of Education, with assistance from big money, wields the 903 sledge hammer knocking down the wall of tenure laws, outstanding records, long years of service and scholarship., 1952
October 11, 1952. (One of the victims of the school witch-hunt, Irving Adler, has achieved international renown as a leading mathematician. Columbia University could hardly wait for the Board of Education to let him go so that they could hire him. Similarly, the United States Military Academy at West Point has been eager to use his services to teach the cadets at that institution.) [On back is 7480/6-5]