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Box 8

 Container

Contains 56 Results:

Feldman, Sandra 1990, 1990

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents

Frank correspondence between Sandra Feldman, president, United Federation of Teachers, and Midge Decter, executive director, Committee for the Free World (Donald Rumsfeld, chairman); article by Decter in Contentions, re human relations (race relations) courses, which prompted exchange

Dates: 1990

Fifty State Report 1997, 1997

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents AFT press releases, "New York's Academic Standards Are Just OK: AFT Report Addresses Standards Efforts in 50 States, DC, Puerto Rico," and "AFT Report Shows Quality of State Academic Standards Improving, Stakes for Students Still a Problem," July 29, 1997; report, "Making Standards Matter 1997: An Annual Fifty-State Report on Efforts to Raise Academic Standards," American Federation of Teachers; letter form State Education Department commenting on report, June...
Dates: 1997

Fifty State Report. AFT 50 State Report (Standards Count) 1998-1999, 1998-1999

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents

"Making Standards Matter 1998: An Annual Fifty-State Report on Efforts to Raise Academic Standards," American Federation of Teachers; NYSUT press release, "Report Answers Question: How Do New York's Standards Stack Up?" November 5, 1998; memo to AFT State Federation presidents re report, with attached background materials: Educational Issues Policy Brief, state/national trend fact sheet

Dates: 1998-1999

Fingerprinting n.d.

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 34
Scope and Contents

NYSUT position statements essentially opposing fingerprinting of school employees, n.d.

Dates: 1969-2005

First Things First: What Americans Expect from Public Schools 1994, 1994

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 35
Scope and Contents

Report of focus-group responses on a range of issues, by Public Agenda; cover letter from vp Cortese with summary findings

Dates: 1994

Foreign Language 1997-1999, 1997-1999

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 36
Scope and Contents Correspondence from foreign language teachers criticizing NYSUT and the NYS School Boards Association position opposing Regents requirement for proficiency in a second language; replies explaining NYSUT's position; talking points; press release from NYS Association of Foreign Language Teachers re implementation recommendation, December 19, 1998, with attached position paper; memo from vp Cortese to president Hobart telling him not to address the issue in his editorial, with attached draft,...
Dates: 1997-1999

Forum of Educational Organization Leaders 1997, 1997

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 37
Scope and Contents

By-laws; minutes; talking points re tenure reform; draft agenda

Dates: 1997

Fund for Innovation (Leg. 1988) 1990-1994, 1990-1994

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 38
Scope and Contents

Application materials; Regents discussion items re NYS initiatives to improve teaching, including the Fund for Innovation; memo from NYSUT associate Pat Flynn to NYSUT officers, critiquing program, questioning whether grants were used for restructuring and shared governance, warning of failure, September 18, 1990

Dates: 1990-1994

Fund for Innovation. NYSUT (folder 1 of 2) 12/12/89, 1989

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 39
Scope and Contents

Memo form vp Cortese to NYSUT local presidents to meeting to share experiences with grants

Dates: 1989

Fund for Innovation. NYSUT (folder 2 of 2) 1989, 1989

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 40
Scope and Contents

State Education Department Request for Proposals under grant program; related correspondence

Dates: 1989