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Letter to Tom Willette, NYSUT, from Joe Hasenstab, Project T.E.A.C.H., re problems with NYC director, May 21, 1982

Scope and Contents "Ten Promising Programs for Educating Disadvantaged Students: Evidence of Impact," Rebecca Harman and Sam Stringfield, Johns Hopkins University, n.d., c. 1994; draft paper, "The Three-Year Effects of 10 Promising Programs on the Academic Achievement of Students Placed at Risk," Sam Stringfield et al., presented to the American Educational Research Association, April 8, 1996; NYSUT Special Order of Business: Reading for Life, 1997; NYSUT memo, HSTW (High Schools That Work)...

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Proposed NYSUT policy opposing Proposition 209 banning affirmative action programs

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NYSUT brochure, "What Price Quotas?" opposing affirmative action, particularly as implemented by the National Education Association; article on quality circles as union-busting tool. See also: Multicultural Education

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Teachers' Guides for K-2 from Texas Education Inventory; National Education Goals Panel report, "Exploring Rapid Achievement Gains in North Carolina and Texas," November 1998; resolutions adopted at AFT convention, "Beginning Reading Instruction" and "Early Intervention for Students with Behavioral Problems," July 19, 1998; summary of the Reading Excellence Act; full text of legislation; agendas/cover letters re task force meetings, summarizing reading materials; related reports

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"Every Child Reading: An Action Plan of the Learning First Alliance," June 1998; correspondence re International Reading Association's criticism of AFT position

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National Research Council pre-publication copy, "Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children," 1998; working draft of "Every Child Reading"; letter to the New York Times, criticizing coverage, from Judith Birsh, Columbia University Teachers College; related materials

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Analyses of California and Texas reading programs; statement of G. Reid Lyons, National Institutes of Health, before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, July 10, 1997; handwritten notes

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Tentative outline of policy document; handwritten notes; memo

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State Education Department (SED) Early Literacy Profile (assessment instrument), n.d., c.1998; SED Essentials Elements of Reading draft and final version, 1999; correspondence and reaction forms re plans