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Scope and Contents Materials re private (for-profit) managed schools within public school system: "Trends in Student Achievement for Edison Schools, Inc.: The Emerging Track Record," October 2000; Miami-Dade County Public Schools Office of Evaluation and Research, "Evaluation of the Edison Project School Final Report: 1999-2000 School Year," April 2001; letter of understanding between Board of Education of the City of Flint and United Teachers of Flint, Inc., 1999; Renewal Inspection...

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Report, "Trends in Student Achievement for Edison Schools, Inc.: The Emerging Track Record"; Edison publicity materials, including descriptions of certain schools, curriculum

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"Setting the Record Straight: Trends in Student Achievement for Edison Schools Inc."; agenda and list of participants at Edison meeting; AFT memo inviting participation at meeting, outlining issues, February 29, 2000; handwritten notes, including comment, "Performance data from Edison does not warrant AFT supporting Edison"

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Discussion proposal for Edison Project in Dade County schools, with cover letter to schools superintendent, May 31, 1994, and memo from local to AFT president Albert Shanker; AFT memo outlining major issues and questions, June 12, 2000; AFT memos analyzing Edison's Initial Public Offering (IPO) as publicly traded company; newspaper clippings and other articles; related memos

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Draft AFT report on Wichita site visit, "An Initial Look at the Dodge Edison School," with budget data, June 19, 1996; Dade County-Edison Project Schools Implementation Agreement; confidential notes from meeting with Edison founder Chris Whittle (Whittle Communications); confidential background information re Edison Project, first year results, expansion plans

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Board of Trustees meeting agendas and materials; Effective Teaching Program course outline and syllabus, "Children's Literature in the K-6 Classroom"; charts for enrollments for 1978-2002; summer 2004 course catalog

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Agendas of trustee meetings and materials

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Draft charge to the Task Force on K-12 Professional Development; outline of talking points to instructors; handwritten notes

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Agenda and materials; minutes of trustees meeting of March 28, 2000; letter of agreement between the College Board and NYSUT Education and Learning Trust re Partnership for Student Achievement and Teacher Preparation, May 5, 2000; budget, 2000-01

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Agenda and minutes; report, "NYSUT Education and Leaning Trust: School Related Personnel Professional Development Program," November 14, 2000; "Starting Over for Nonreaders and Struggling Readers: Course Outline and Syllabus," March 2000; "Creating a Balanced Reading and Writing Classroom: Course Outline and Syllabus," February 2000; financial statements; correspondence