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Scope and Contents Memo to NYSUT officers summarizing new law, September 24, 1997; letter to Cortese from State Education Department announcing law establishing universal pre-K program, inviting her to join work group, October 9, 1997; draft outline of NYSUT policy issues, 10/16/97; NYSUT Universal Prekindergarten Information Sheet, 1997; memo, preliminary analysis of universal pre-K regulations, with attached regulations, and summary of regional SED meeting, October 24, 1997; related materials and...

Scope and Contents Cover message re failure to find evidence of attempt at compromise on pre-K programs, noting contents of folder, 1997; letter (draft) to Gov. Cuomo from Cortese arguing that day care cannot be provided outside a school setting, November 15, 1988; letter from NYSUT director Charles Santelli to Council on Children and Families, asserting that day care field is fragmented, that provision of early childhood education should be restricted to public schools, October 19, 1988; policy paper by NYS...

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Report #1, Prep. For Success: Expanding Pre-K & Educational Day Care, September 1996; NYSUT press release praising report, September 4; memos to Cortese critiquing report

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Report of the task force to Commissioner of Education Thomas Sobol, March 27, 1989; letter from Sobol to NYSUT vp Cortese, thanking her for her work on the task force. See also: Standards & Assessment

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Task force meeting materials, including agenda, draft report to Commissioner, suggested revisions of report by Collegiate Association for the Development of Educational Administration; comments by other school organizations

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Position Paper on Licensing and Certification, by Council of Supervisors and Administrators of the City of New York; related position papers; meeting notice; September 20 and October 5 minutes; list of task force members; handwritten notes

Scope and Contents Task force meeting agenda; November 7 minutes; press release from New Jersey Department of Education, "State Board Set for Final Consideration of Principal Licensing Plan," July 20, 1988; related materials from New Jersey; printed publications: "The New York Report: A Blueprint For Learning and Teaching: Report of the Commissioner's Task Force on the Teaching Profession," March 1988; "A Blueprint for the Professionalization of Teaching," by NYS School Boards Association, NYS Rural Schools...

Scope and Contents NYSUT Information Bulletin, "The Privatization of Public Schools: Subcontracting Service: nonteaching, teaching, and management," revised February 1995; items for Inside AFT re privatization, February 12, 1996; report by Privatization Task Force, "Privatization Update: A Report to the American Federation of Teachers Executive Council and the K-12 and PSRP Program and Policy Councils," n.d., c. 1995; "Recent Facts and Figures on Private Schools," prepared by the...

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"An Integrated Composite of Successful Teaching Practices," by Performance Learning Systems, Inc., 1977; statistical evaluations of program effectiveness; newsletter; correspondence

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Cost estimates for training NYC instructors, 1979-1982; notes about funding and staffing in other states; NYSUT draft agreement with Performance Learning Systems, Inc., c. 1978; description of program and relationship to NYSUT