Box 3

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Keynote address by Sandra Feldman, July 9, 1999; photocopies of New York Teacher, January 1999

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Memo from Cortese re duties of regional program coordinators, August 9

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Report of NYSUT Task Force on Academic Freedom, March 1, 1990; report by People for the American Way, "Attacks on Freedom to Learn: New York (1980-1983)"; People for the American Way press release, "Survey Reveals Widespread Censorship Attempts in New York Public Schools," November 22, 1983; correspondence

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Correspondence re gifted and talented programs and literacy programs; proposal for literacy program; list of members

Scope and Contents Testimony of Antonia Cortese, second vice president, NYSUT to the Elementary, Secondary and Continuing Education Committee of the Board of Regents on Proposed Amendments to Commissioner's Regulations, Section 103.3 Pertaining to Alternative High School Equivalency Preparation Programs for Persons 16 to 21 Years of Age, June 20, 1984; NYS School Boards Association commentary on Proposed regulations for Alternative High School Equivalency Programs, submitted to Elementary, Secondary, and...

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Brochures, starter kit for locals; pin, videotape, and related materials

Scope and Contents General Equivalency Diploma (GED) Perception Survey: Evaluation of Stakeholder Perceptions, conducted for State Education Department, March 2001; list of alternative education programs and certification requirements; agenda for Ad Hoc Task Force on Alternative Education meeting of January 7, 2002; draft final report of task force, January 7, 2002; list of task force members; handwritten notes. See also: GED;...

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Agenda of 12/5/01 meeting; draft, February 4, 2002, and final report; findings and recommendations, with cover letter from Cortese to Commissioner Mills, November 18, 2002; State Education Department response to report, with cover letter to Cortese from Commissioner Mills, December 23, 2002

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Agenda; draft definition of alternative education; description of task force charge; plan of action; State Education Department document, "Introductory Guide to Alternative Education"; Regents Report on Alternative Education, Incarcerated Youth Education and High School Equivalency and GED Testing; Guidelines for Implementing Academic Intervention Services; excerpts of Commissioner's Regulations; background papers

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Zogby and Hart surveys of teachers and principals; memo to NYSUT research director Charles Santelli, outlining problems re proliferation of alternative ed programs in BOCES as "dumping ground" for districts' unwanted students, recommending creation of task force on alternative education, March 22, 2001