NYSUT Vice President's office files., 1969-2005
Collection Number: 6174/002

Joint Statement of Position Presented to the MTA (NYC Metropolitan Transit Authority), May 19, 2004; term sheet (agreement), 4/19/04; minutes of NYS AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting, December 10, 2003; agenda for meeting of June 2, 2004; biographical sketches of union local officers; program for NYS AFL-CIO Annual Labor Celebration, August 9, 2004; poster, "Speaking of Freedom�How about the freedom to have a union and a good contract?" n.d.; NYS AFL-CIO budget projection for the period July 1, 2004. June 30, 2005; budgets for departments; budget analysis for the period July 1, 2003 through March 31, 2004; invitation to breakfast in honor of congressman Charles Rangel, June 14, 2004; agenda for 30th annual Constitutional Convention; flyers, including Call to Action from AFL-CIO president John Sweeney, Voice@Work Campaign 2004 and comparison sheet re John Kerry vs. George Bush on union issues; voter registration materials, targeted to union workers

Letter noting agenda for meeting; correspondence re Long Island Breast Cancer Walk; letter from NYS AFL-CIO, re fundraising shortfall at WBAI radio, progressive nonprofit employer of AFTRA union workers, requesting contributions; resolution and description of NYS AFL-CIO New Alliance Phase 2 (re relationship of Area Labor Federation, Central Labor Councils, local affiliates to State Federation and AFL-CIO)

Meeting notice; resolution endorsing "Public Schools for the 21st Century" (PS21); list of member organizations and financial contributions from each; minutes of NYS AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting, November 29, 2001

Conference call brochure

Peter Hart survey questions re teacher perceptions

AFT Statement on Math and Science Education and the Math and Science Teacher Shortage, n.d.; AFT Interim Report on Math and Science Education and the Math and Science Teacher Shortage, n.d.; press release, "AFT Issues Recommendations on Dealing with Math/Science Crisis," February 24, 1983. See also: TIMSS (Third International Math and Science Study) AFT Conference 2/7-2/9/97

2002 Constitution; facilitative materials

Description of proposed resolutions; committee meeting agenda

Related materials

Recommendations of committee

2002 Constitution; convention survey responses

Printed publication, "The Goal of Critical Thinking: from Educational Ideal to Educational Reality," AFT Educational Issues Dept., n.d., c. 1985; training evaluation form, 1986; press releases, memos, newspaper clippings

Albert Shanker Institute publication, "Education for Democracy," highlighting U.S.-led victories for democracy around the world, including Afghanistan, 2003

Resolution on Abu Ghraib, 5/18/04;draft resolutions on Sudan, Hong Kong, Iraq, reform of Patriot Act; International Democracy Fund 2004 Proposal for Cambodia

AFT Draft Resolution on Iraq, greatly revised from 2003 version; interim report on security and civil liberties, May 2003; draft resolution re reform of the Patriot Act, 4/21

Agenda; trip report re Colombia, draft resolution; "A Postcard from Baghdad," report by David Dorn, October 2003; memo re Africa AIDS campaign, October 7; memo re AFT work in the Middle East and Islamic countries, October 6; International Democracy Fund 2003 proposal for China; revised proposal for Colombia

Agenda; memo re education for democracy in the Islamic world, May 21, 2003; interim report on security and civil liberties

Agenda; Q&A sheet from David Dorn, supporting AFT support for U.S. invasion of Iraq, noting WMD and other arguments; alternative resolution by locals; related correspondence

Memo re concerns over perception of international trips as "perks" for Executive Council members

Substantive memos re overview of AFT International Affairs Department, AFT Democracy Committee

Agenda; proposed resolutions for Executive Council; report on AFT in Africa

Agenda; draft report, "Teachers and Unionism in the Russian Federation," prepared for AFT, June 1994; background brief re possible human rights projects in northern Ireland

Agenda; human rights reports on Northern Ireland; handwritten notes

Conference materials, including list of participants

Description of international trade unionism

Meeting agenda; summary presentation (bullet point), "AFL-CIO Restructuring: A Changing Center of Gravity," January 2005; AFT Defense Committee report; financial report; draft statement opposing Bush proposal to privatize Social Security; press release from Senate Democratic Communications Center outlining legislative agenda, January 24, 2005; "Changing the Paradigm: A Bold New Vision for AFL-CIO State Federations," AFL-CIO Northeast Council, January 2005; City Union of Baltimore Investigation Report

Issue of Tradewinds, vocational-career and tech newsletter of United Federation of Teachers, fall/winter 2004; copies of Education Daily, January 2005; correction sheet for changes to 2005 Constitution; "Rational [sic] Used in Development of SSU [Single State Union] Appendices"

Meeting agenda; campaign materials supporting John Kerry for president

Agenda; resolutions on Kerry endorsement, Iraq, Abu Ghraib, Patriot Act, overtime takeaway, healthcare; newsletter, Washington Teacher, spring 2004; report to AFT Executive Council on the Washington Teachers' Union (Local 6) administratorship, May 26, 2004; Hart Research survey of 803 AFT members registered to vote in battleground states; report by AFT/COPE Federal Political Action Committee

Folder, "The AFT and the Fiscal Crisis"; memo to Sandra Feldman re Military Draft Task Force, investigating proposal by Rep. Charles Rangel to reinstate draft, noting task force's decision not to support proposal: "The speedy end of the Iraq War has removed the immediate need for additional troops," May 21, 2003

Letter from Tom Hobart to Sandy Feldman re Executive Committee retreat discussion re AFT/NEA relations (not sent), April 17, 2003; jurisdictional agreement between National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers, 2003; memo re "no-raid" meeting

Agenda; handwritten notes re positions of John Kerry

Meeting agenda; memo to Executive Council re assessment of current AFT advertising and a Strategic Plan for Change, October 9, 2002; UFT Learning Connection Curriculum Resource Guide K-12; press releases re school reform; draft of statement re "Iraq's weapons of mass destruction"

Tentative schedule; handwritten notes. See also: AFT Program & Policy Council

Agenda; report by Education and Research Committee, "Building the Teacher Work Force: Finding and Keeping Qualified Teachers"; text of opinion column in Toledo Blade re Channel One advertising in schools; materials re merger agreement between Dallas Federation of Teachers Local 2260 with Independent United Teachers of Dallas, October 23, 1990, with cover letter from Al Shanker urging support of merger; handwritten notes

Minutes; AFT Executive Council resolution on China; ballots approving affiliation agreements with North Dakota Public Service Employees Association, committee to investigate election of Atlanta Federation of Teachers, with background narratives; "For the Health of a Nation," report of the National Leadership Commission on Health Care executive summary and related newspaper clippings; handwritten notes

Agenda; resume of Donald Calahan for staff assistant

List of recommended 1988 AFT Convention Committee Chairpersons; position papers/resolutions, "Evolution of Work by the Year 2000," "Articulation in Vocational Education," "Opportunities for Children Who Can Succeed"; Report of the Task Force on Registered Nurse Licensure and the Entry-Into-Practice Debate," Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, AFT, February 1988

Agenda; handwritten notes; correspondence from vice presidents McElroy and Tornillo to AFT Executive Council urging study of issues of governance, relationship to AFL-CIO and their unions, NEA merger

Meeting agenda for May 5-6; revised draft, "Report of the AFT Task Force on the Future of Education," May 27, 1986; urgent memo to Subcommittee on School Structure and Governance asking members to review and react to draft report, April 25; drafts of subcommittee report, "The Learning Centered School"; minutes of subcommittee meeting of February 10; Report of the Subcommittee on Teachers; statement for the Union Subcommittee; memo to Working Group on Schools re school choice issue; list of pros and cons of various public school choice plans; article reprints; preliminary notes

Paper for the California Commission on the Teaching Profession, "Teaching Reform; Union Reform"; California Commission "Status Report on the Teaching Occupation," November 1984; proposal, "Further Exploration of New Directions: Realizing the Potential"; proposal, "Professionalism: Attracting and Keeping Excellent Teachers"; "Teacher Education and Recruitment. National Perspective (Includes Issue of Minority Representation)"; other position papers, article reprints, handwritten notes

Local Survey Efforts: Summary Concluding Points; Report of the Futures Committee Subcommittee on the Role and Priorities of the National Union; report of the Subcommittee on the Role of Program and Policy Councils; report of the Subcommittee on the Role of State Federations; notes on activities at the AFT National Staff meeting, May 14, 1991; discussion outlines with edits from Toni Cortese; handwritten notes. See also: AFT/NEA Merger. Futures II Committee 1998-2000

Discussion paper re staff questionnaire findings, April 5, 1991; handwritten notes

Paper by AFT Department of research, "Response to Futures Committee Questionnaire," January 22, 1990; other department head responses, 1991; Futures Committee outline of discussions as of 10/23/90; notes on focus group meeting of selected state federation presidents, December 18, 1990

Discussion paper; newspaper clippings; handwritten notes

Agenda; charts re AFT membership growth; 22nd annual Gallup / Phi Delta Kappa Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools; summary of 1990 Roper Reports (AFL-CIO) Survey of 18- to 29-Year-Olds, "Youth Attitudes Toward Work and Unions"; pre-publication copy of the report of the Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, "America's Choice: High Skills or Low Wages!" June 1990; article reprints; handwritten notes

Meeting announcement

Issues papers; correspondence

Statement of Principles of Unity for a United Organization; NEAFT Partnership Document; merger background paper; talking points for Council on Unity talks

Memo/report re options for an interim plan

Facilitative memos

Conference schedule; summaries of monthly meetings of AFT and NEA Unity Discussion Teams and Advisory Committees

Facilitative memos

Reports to Program and Policy Council Committee and Executive Council. See also: AFT Futures Committee

Subcommittee reports

Memo re union constitutions; draft constitutional amendments

Subcommittee reports

Retiree Task Force recommendations; report of the Task Force on PSRP (Paraprofessional and School Related Personnel) issues; report of Advisory Committee on State Federations; report on Leadership Development, 1994; memo re Final Principals of Unity, May 5, 1998; Futures II Committee meeting materials; report of Futures Committee; outline of questions to consider when reviewing Futures I report; description of the nature of Futures II: A Larger Context

Agenda; survey of Executive Council members re future role; responses to AFT directors' questionnaire; summary of interviews with Futures Committee members re goals

Preliminary recommendations; amendments to preliminary recommendation; final report and recommendations

Materials for strategy discussion

Remarks by Bob Chase, president, National Education Association (NEA), before Northeast Regional Leadership Conference, January 25, 1998; memo re meeting from AFT president Sandra Feldman

"Dear Colleague" letter from Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) warning of potential erosion of quality of public education with merger between AFT and NEA, November 3, 1997; reports of infrastructure subcommittee, working group on discipline; memos; press releases

Issue papers; joint memorandum of agreement between Rochester City School District and Rochester Teachers Association re PERB conciliation, August 22, 1997

Press release and talking points re jurisdictional agreement

Booklet, "Policy Resolutions," n.d. (resolutions span 1969-1974)

Agenda and materials; report from executive vice president Toni Cortese; materials from Battelle for Kids, Ohio; "Ten Changes Needed to Improve 'No Child Left Behind'"

AFT documents criticizing the No Child Left Behind Act; agenda and related materials for PreK-12 Program and Policy Council meeting, May 24-26; handwritten notes. See also: AFT Executive Council and Program and Policy Council (PPC)

; See also: NYSUT Meetings (unrestricted)

; see: NYSUT Policy Council

Draft agenda incorporating revisions discussed in conference call

Agenda and meeting materials; handwritten notes

Facilitative correspondence

Correspondence re No Child Left Behind legislation

Agenda and materials; draft resolution on No Child Left Behind

Agenda and materials

Agenda and materials

Agenda and materials

Agenda and related materials

Agenda and materials

Agenda; resolution on Redesigning Low- Performing Schools; draft document, "The School Audit Process"; Hart Research survey, April 1997; memo re legislation re reconstitution [of low-performing schools]

Agenda; summary of October 8-9, 1996, meeting; report of the AFT Task Force on PSRP Issues; papers, "Every Child Reading: Policy Implications of Success for All," Robert E. Slavin, Johns Hopkins University, written for the Aspen Institute, February 14-15, 1997 (Shanker Institute); draft paper (comments invited), "Reading by Nine; A Comprehensive Strategy," Slavin, January 22, 1997; "Effective and Replicable Programs for Students Placed at Risk in Elementary and Middle Schools," Fashola and Salvin, September 1996; "Ten Promising Programs for Educating Disadvantaged Children: Evidence of Impact," Rebecca Harman and Sam Stringfield, Johns Hopkins University; three-year following up. See also: Promising Programs

Workshop proposals for English Language Learners

AFT Memo re 50 State Standards Report, noting new section on curriculum

Conference program, "Pursuing Excellence: It's Union Work"; remarks to conference by Sandra Feldman, July 12, 2001; booklet "The Instructional Demands of Standards-Based Reform"; handwritten notes

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

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

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

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

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 Continuing Education Committee of the Board of Regents by Louis Grumet, NYSSBA (School Boards Association) Executive Director, June 20, 1984; handwritten notes

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

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

; See also: Dropout Prevention

; See also: School Attendance

; See also: Children at Risk

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

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

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

Facilitative correspondence; press release from state comptroller Alan Hevesi's office, "Audit Finds Extensive Impropriety by Firm That Audited Roslyn School District and 54 Other School Districts," January 6, 2005; letter from Carla McLaud announcing candidacy for Election District #14 Director, January 4, 2005

Agreement from ACS to NYSUT vp Cortese re NYSUT sponsorship of "Making Strides" event, outlining mutual obligations; list of pledges from NYSUT regional offices

Facilitative correspondence

List of local pledges in Nassau County "10/19/03" (sic), "as of September 9, 2004" (sic)

NYSUT press release; text of remarks; printed program; facilitative correspondence

Facilitative correspondence; list of pledges by regional office for 2003

List of individual sponsors; memorabilia: foot decal

Flyer; list of pledges; agreement; newspaper clippings

Handwritten notes

Meeting notes; breakdown of NYSUT contribution to 2002 Making Strides walk

Original signed letter of agreement; copy of contribution check

Agenda; fact sheet; flyer; list of contacts; handwritten notes

Report produced jointly by NYS Department of Health and American Cancer Society, New York State Facts & Figures 2002; ACS fact sheets; Eastern Division 2001 Annual Report; 2002 ACS legislative agenda; ACS "Breast Cancer Facts & Figures 2001-2002"; memorabilia: pin

Agenda; team captain's kit; handwritten notes

Correspondence; breakdown of NYSUT contribution

Contract between BOCES Monroe-Orleans Counties and the American School of the Hague; employment agreement; correspondence re exemption from Dutch taxes

Book, Living Together under the Law: An Elementary Education Law Guide, prepared by the Law, Youth and Citizenship Program of the NYS Bar Association and the NYS Education Department, 1988; commission budget request for 1989-90; printed annual report, July 1, 1988; draft of second annual report, May 6, 1988; printed annual report, July 1, 1987; commission publication, Critical Choices: New York and the Constitution; agenda and notes from commission meeting of July 25, 1988, "New Projects Submitted for Approval"; agenda and executive summary of eleven-month staff report, October 27, 1987; agenda of July 28, 1987, meeting; printed invitation and program for ratification ceremonies; commission newsletter, New York Delegate, March 1987; bicentennial calendar; list of key historical dates; fact sheets, New York Notes; correspondence re judges for national writing competition

USA Today teacher's guides; November 1986 and January 1987 issues of We the People, official newsletter of the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution; winter 1986 issue of Fully, Freely & Entirely, newsletter of Delaware Heritage Commission for the 200th Anniversary of Delaware's Ratification of the United States Constitution; materials by Indiana Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution; calendar of events for Philadelphia; Private Program Division Association Highlights; materials of the NYS Bicentennial Commission

Agenda of commission's second meeting and associated materials, including report of the first meeting; booklet by Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, "A Guide to Celebrating the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution"; booklet by the Jefferson Foundation, "The Jefferson Meeting on the Constitution: The Constitution in the Classroom"; materials re George Washington; booklet, "The Economic World of 1787 and the Constitution," by the NYC Council on Economic Education, in commemoration of the bicentennial of the U.S. constitution

Program for Capital District 50th Anniversary Commemoration

Meeting agenda; report, "Brown + Fifty: A compilation of materials celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas Supreme Court decision," n.d., c.2004; memo re Board of Trustees meeting update

Sheet of signatures of Robert A. Burnham

Policy review of career and technical education, submitted to Board of Regents by deputy education commissioner James Kadamus, November 30, 2004. See also: State Steering Committee on Regents Policy on Preparation for Postsecondary and/or Employment

Proposal to the Board of Regents from deputy education commissioner James Kadamus re modifications to graduation requirements for career and technical education, January 24, 2001; cover fax of proposal to Charles Santelli (NYSUT); letter to Carl Hayden, chancellor of the Board of Regents, from Harold Levy, chancellor of the Board of Education of the City of New York, opposing proposal, February 1, with attached letter to Levy from United Federation of Teachers vice president, discussing proposal; letter to Commissioner of Education Richard Mills from Robert Loretan, executive director of NYS Council of School Superintendents, offering recommendations on career and technical education, assessment standards, February 2; letter from Carl Hayden and Richard Mills to Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, opposing proposed legislation as lowering standards for technical education, June 14; NYSUT position paper

Conference program and agenda, including list of regional conferences, sponsored by State Education Department Office of Workforce Preparation and Continuing Education

Letter to NYSUT vice president Antonia Cortese from State Education Department, thanking her for service on National Advisory Panel [on] Career and Technical Education, inviting her to meeting of Board of Regents to answer questions about report, May 26, 2000; deputy commissioner's report on recent activities in the Office of Elementary, Middle, Secondary and Continuing Education, May 19, 2000; agenda for Regents committee meeting of June 12, 2000; proposed amendments to rules of the Board of Regents and regulations of the commissioner of education, May 19, 2000

Memos to Cortese re meeting schedule; National Assessment of Vocational Education Final Report to Congress, volume I: Summary and Recommendations, July 1994; State Education Department publication, Learning Standards for Career Development and Occupational Studies, July 1996; proposed Board business item from 2000 Representative Assembly: Support for Career and Technical Education; request for comments from State Education Department on recommendations re career and technical education, August 2000

Career and Technical Education Policy Advisory Group meeting agenda; letter to Cortese re meeting; executive summary of advisory panel/focus forum meeting of November 10, 1999; unattributed document, "A Review of the literature on Integrated Learning"; presentation sheets, "Sussex Technical High School: A National School of Excellence" and fact sheet

Letter to Cortese from State Education Department, thanking her for agreeing to serve on Career and Technical Education Advisory Group, noting first meeting, October 1999; packet of materials for November 10 meeting, including agenda, research/policy papers; memo to Cortese, "Update on Career and Technical Education Initiatives," September 24; description of Integrating Academic and Technical Instruction Advisory Group, from State Education Department, September 17; list of members; outline of issue by NYSUT Policy Council, "Career and Technical Diploma," November 9; related memo, November 5; Report of NYSUT Committee on Occupational Education (minutes of October 15-16 meeting); handwritten notes; policy/discussion papers, "Sensitivity and Bias Review of New York State Assessments" and "Standard Setting and Equating on the New Generation of New York State Assessments"

Undated issues of newsletter, English; documents, "Possible Scenario for an Integrated Language Arts Teacher Inquiry Network," "Improving Student Literacy Levels in New York: A Proposal"

Brochure of the Professional Staff Congress of the City University of New York, "Academic Labor Supports the PCS Position on the CUNY Master Plan," compiling testimony to Board of Regents hearing, CUNY Board of Trustees; New York Times clipping and online article

Report of the Advisory Committee on the Certification of School Professionals, December 1996; related drafts; Cincinnati Federation of Teachers collective bargaining agreement with Cincinnati Board of Education, March 17, 1997; Registration Bulletin 2004-2005, New York State Teacher Certification Examinations and information guide

Draft Regents early childhood teacher certification regulations, April 5, 1991; related correspondence

Agenda, Task Force on Charter Schools, January 11, 2000; State Education Department draft report to the Governor and Legislature on the Educational Effectiveness of the Charter School Approach, November 7, 2003; draft five-year report, September 3, 2003, and related correspondence; "Not So Fast: The Unmet Challenges for Charter Schools and Those Who Oversee Them," November 2003, report prepared by NYSUT, NYS School Boards Association National Education Association.NY; NYSUT press release, "Report: No Evidence of Charter School Success: Fiscal Impact Great," November 9, 2003; memo to Regents from NYC Schools Chancellor Joel Klein recommending modifications to NYS Charter Schools Act, December 10, 2003; statistics on charter schools in Albany and statewide; text of state Assembly bill to prohibit for-profit entities from applying to establish charter schools in NYS, among other provisions, February 12, 2003, with sponsor's memorandum summarizing bill; newspaper clippings and web articles

"A Study of Charter Schools: First-Year Report Executive Summary, 1997," U.S. Department of Education; "A National Study of Charter Schools: Executive Summary," U.S. Department of Education, 1998; NYSUT Briefing Bulletin, "Charter Schools. Serious Reform or the Latest Fad?" June 1997; NYSUT Briefing Bulletin, "Difference between Charter Schools and 21st Century Schools," October 1995; NYSUT Information Bulletin: Charter Schools, February 1996; memo to NYSUT research director Charles Santelli re charter school visit in Albuquerque, NM, April 30, 1997; Regents discussion item, "Charter Schools Update," June 1997; Regents discussion item, "Report on Implementation of Charter Schools Legislation," January 27, 1999; presentation, "Charter Schools Institute, State University of New York: Public Education and Accountability," n.d.; press release by State University of New York, "Board Committee with Extensive Education Experience to Oversee State University Charter School Program," January 26, 1999; newspaper clipping and web articles

Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) publication, "Blueprint for Change: Charter Schools: A Handbook for Action," n.d., c. 1994; Rand report, "Reinventing Public Education," April 1994; AFT legislative action alert, October 31, 1995; newspaper clippings

Conference program; text of New York Charter Schools Act of 1998

Memo re meeting to discuss SUNY charter schools; handwritten notes

AFT report, "Charter Schools: Do They Measure Up?" November 1996; memo to Walter Dunn and other NYSUT officials re applicability of professional development requirements to charter school teachers, March 9, 1999; National Charter School Study First-Year Report (Executive Summary), University of Minnesota, May 1997; Minnesota Charter Schools Evaluation: Final Report (Executive Summary), c. November 1997; UCLA Charter School Study: "Beyond the Rhetoric of Charter School Reform; A Study of Ten California School Districts (Executive Summary)," n.d.

Text of speech by NYSUT president Tom Hobart to Manhattan Institute Conference, March 11, 1997; related memos and materials

Agenda for conference, "Charter Schools: What Are They?" co-sponsored by Center for Educational Innovation (CEI), Democratic Leadership Council, and Public Policy Institute of New York State, March 11, 1997; letters from CEI to NYSUT president Tom Hobart and vp Antonia Cortese re conference; AFT position paper, "Alternative Educational Placements for Violent and Chronically Disruptive Students"

Correspondence and other materials for NYS AFL-CIO's Biennial Community Services Conference, "Children at Risk: Labor's Agenda"; fact sheet on School Breakfast Program; AFT research report, "International Comparison of Public Spending on Education"; Empire State Survey (joint project of Empire Foundation and Lehrman Institute), "Students at Risk: New Yorkers on Education," a survey of 1,218 NYS residents, July 6-24, 1995. See also: School Attendance

; See also: Dropout Prevention

; See also: Skills Opportunity/Youth Centers

; See also: Task Force on Alternative Education

AFT research report, "Setting the Record Straight: Wrapup on the EAI [Education Alternatives, Inc.] Experiment in Baltimore," February 1996; NYS AFL-CIO report, "The Public Enemy: Privatization," c. 1992; research and policy papers; agenda for Regents Subcommittee on Choice, n.d.; memo re Regents' positions on public support for private schools, June 17, 1996; Regents draft report, "Extending School Choice to Nonpublic Schools: Educational and Legal Implications," May 16, 1991; handwritten notes, 11/6/91; newspaper clippings

Cover memo to managers and staff of NYSUT Research and Educational Services re materials for staff meeting, September 10, 1990, with attached NYSUT testimony on Educational Choice, Restructuring and Equity, May 24, 1989, New York State School Boards Association Survey on Public School Choice in New York State: Summary of Findings, October 1989, Choosing Better Schools, Eastern Regional Strategy Meeting on Choice in Education, sponsored by U.S. Department of Education, October 16-17, 1989, Illinois QuEST: Education Choice Panel presentation, May 21, 1990, Business Council of NYS's position on Educational Choice, October 1989; Regents discussion item, "Parent Choice," August 28, 1990; AFT resolution, "Public School Choice," 1990, with attached appendix/policy discussion, and related NYSUT memo soliciting comments, October 2, 1989; letter from NYSUT president Tom Hobart to Gov. Mario Cuomo, commenting on "America's Choice: High Skills or Low Wages," by the Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, September 28, 1990; testimony of David Sherman, assistant to the president, United Federation of Teachers, before the NYS Assembly Education Committee, "Choice in Education: An Option for Public Schools," May 18, 1989; related reports and newspaper clippings

Education Daily newsletters, highlighting plan by conservative Christian groups to withdraw children from public schools, financing private scholarships from conservative corporate donors, August 1998; program for the 62nd NYS Conference of NAACP Branches, October 9-11, 1998; Report by AFT, "The Cleveland Voucher Program: Who Chooses? Who Gets Chosen? Who Pays?" 1997; brochure by AFT and A. Philip Randolph Institute, "School Choice: Who Chooses? Who Loses?" AFT brochure, "Who Chooses? Who Loses? A Closer Look at School Choice," 1996; Suggested Talking Points for NAACP Panel Discussion, "Economics of Education: Charter Schools, Vouchers, State Aid, Federal Grants," October 10, 1998; charts summarizing Hart Research survey on public attitudes on school choice and vouchers; reports, "Vouchers vs. Small Class Size: Comparing Effects, Costs, and Public Support," AFT, 1998; "A Comparative Evaluation of the Cleveland Scholarship and Tutoring Grant Program, Year One: 1996-97," March 16, 1998; AFT press release and newspaper clipping re Cleveland report, July 16, 1997; press release by NYSUT (Tom Hobart) and AFT (Sandra Feldman) on Supreme Court ruling on vouchers, June 2002; "Where We Stand" columns by Sandra Feldman re vouchers, including analysis of Republican language as developed by political consultant Frank Luntz, in New York Times, 1997-98; letter from AFT president Albert Shanker to the Business Council of NYS, Inc., discussing purported differences in quality and costs between public and private schools, outlining case against vouchers, November 13, 1996; AFT lobbying/PR campaign outline, "Working for Public Education: A Plan for Coordinated Action"; related articles; handwritten notes

AFT Fact Sheet on Vouchers, 1995-96; memo to NYSUT officers, with transcript of state senator Joseph Bruno's public statements on private school vouchers, January 12, 1995; Statement by AFT on Greene, Peterson, Howell evaluation of voucher schools in Cleveland, July 18, 1997; AFT legislative fax alert re upcoming voucher votes, September 22, 1997; AFT paper, "The Myths behind Private School Vouchers, 1997; materials re Milwaukee voucher case; Regents discussion items re school choice, October�November 1996; "Selling Out Our Schools: Vouchers, Markets, and the Future of Public Education," a publication of Rethinking Our Schools; correspondence from the Business Council of NYS, Inc., 1996; "Where We Stand" columns by AFT president Albert Shanker, in New York Times, 1996; related articles; handwritten notes

Speech re teaching values in public schools, by NY Gov. Mario Cuomo at Newsday Education Symposium, with cover letter to Toni Cortese, March 18, 1987; correspondence between Cuomo and Toni Cortese re values speech, September. October, 1986; unsigned, undated draft of speech, "Education for Democracy"; sermons on values by rector of St. John's Church, Washington, D.C., with cover letter from Theodore C. Achilles, vice chair of the Atlantic Council of the United States, December 6, 1985; speech by U.S. Secretary of Education William J. Bennett, "Citizenship Education: A Gift from the NEA," to the National Association of Secondary School Principals, February 17, 1986; speech by Bennett at Conference on Civic Virtue and Educational Excellence, April 19, 1985; printed booklet, "Reinvigorating Our Schools: A Challenge to Parents, Teachers, and Policymakers," excerpts from three reports by the Ethics and Policy Center, Washington, D.C., with forward by President Reagan, April 1985; Education for Democracy draft statement of principles, December 18, 1985; draft Regents Position Paper on Education for Civic Values, 12/1/83; other draft statements; article reprints

NYSUT special report, "Conflict in the Classroom," n.d., c.1993; NYSUT Office of General Counsel research re students' speech rights, May 25, 2004; Zogby Student Discipline Surveys of Teachers and Union Presidents, April 15, 1999; NYSUT press release, "Student Behavior Worsens; Teachers Launch Civility Campaign," April 22, 1999. See also: School Violence

; See also: Discipline (School Violence)

Testimony of Antonia Cortese, second vice president, NYSUT, to the Board of Regents on Class Size and Teaching Load, June 19, 1985; materials from State Education Department re grant program to reduce class size; AFT and NYSUT material on class size; legal analysis by NYSUT general counsel Bernard Ashe re Commissioner's Regulations on class size, January 9, 1987; letter from Cortese to deputy commissioner of education, with attached "NYSUT Recommendations for Regulations Governing Class Size and Teaching Load," April 15, 1986; memo from Cortese to NYSUT Executive Committee re NYSUT policy references to class size and teaching load, discussions with deputy commissioner, April 15, 1986; list of organizations testifying at Regents public hearing on teaching load for secondary school teachers, June 19, 1985; legal brief on behalf of petitioners before the commissioner of education in the appeal of Belleville et al. from the actions of the Board of Education of Guilderland Central School District, May 16, 1985

Article from Chronicle of Higher Education, "Fewer Test Takers Get Top Scores on the Verbal SAT," January 13, 1993; invitations to seminars for state policymakers. See also: Pacesetter Program, College Board

NYSUT memo requesting interpretation of commissioner's power over certification

Press release and summary report, "A New Reliance on Education: Overview from a Report: New York: The State of Learning, 1977 to 1987," June 17, 1987 ("Ambach Report")

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NYSUT memo re experience of Vermont Federation of Teachers with new NYS commissioner, August 16, 1995; Mills's resume; correspondence between Commissioner Mills and NYSUT vp Cortese on various educational issues: No Child Left Behind, state reading initiative, higher standards; agenda of meeting between Mills and NYSUT Executive Committee, October 24, 1996; letters from Cortese to Regents Chancellor Carl Hayden; Regents draft strategic plan; excerpts of NYS Education Law re powers of Commissioner. See also: Commission Mills

; See also: NYSUT Meetings (Unrestricted)

Meeting agenda; discussion outline of critical issues re No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; proficiency levels for NYC 4th and 8th grade schools, and NYS schools excluding NYC

Proposed meeting agenda; summary of NYSUT survey of 1,000 elementary teachers re inclusion of students with disabilities in general education classes; report on academic intervention services for students with disabilities, November 2001; related materials

Proposed meeting agenda; correspondence

Meeting agenda

Pre-meeting agenda; meeting agenda; "New York State's Agenda to Improve Middle-Level Education: A Blueprint for Change," December 31, 2001; NYSUT policy positions on teacher recruitment and retention; list of focus questions; related materials; handwritten notes

NYSUT standards and assessments priority issues (draft)

Results of survey of science teachers re rigor of new Regents exams compared with prior ones; related correspondence between Commissioner Mills and Cortese

Statement by NYSUT for the Statewide Forum on Standards Implementation, October 23, 2000; talking points for meeting with Commissioner Mills; notes from meeting

Correspondence between Sobol and NYSUT vp Antonia Cortese

Correspondence, sometimes extended, between Sobol and Cortese re multicultural education, special education, shared decision making; handwritten letters to Sobol from teachers; AFL-CIO publication, Songs for Labor, December 1983

Agenda for NYSUT/SED meeting (Commissioner's Study); list of possible topics; "Curricular Entitlement and Its Context in NYS: A Guide for Discussion with the Board of Regents," October 12, 1993; NYUST memo re "school districts in which disabled students are being bumped into general education classes," October 20, 1993; list of Inclusion Districts, 10/22/93; agenda and materials for Curriculum and Assessment Council

Agenda re teacher aides, inclusion (students with disabilities), Curriculum and Assessment Council, pre-K studies; Teach for America proposal re certification extension; NYSUT highlights of survey of local presidents re shared decision making, special education, student discipline problems, teacher aides/assistants

NYSUT Pilot Project: A Policy Direction for Restructuring; letter from Roslyn Teachers Association to NYSUT associate Harry Lampman with questions re shared decision-making

Questions dealing with policy re least restrictive environment for students with disabilities, for interview to be published in New York Teacher

Materials related to proposed regulations re "good moral character" facilitating firing and decertifying of teachers convicted of felonies or crimes involving illegal drugs or abuse of children

Agendas, handwritten notes, and memos on a wide range of issues

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Includes Harriet Sobol's proposal for teacher corps, n.d.

Notes on candidates for NYSUT Director of Communications job; job description; resumes; summary letter from Tom Goodwin (Goodwin & Company, executive search firm)

Letter from Tom Good (Goodwin & Company, executive search firm), discussing candidates interviewed for NYSUT Director of Communications job; resumes

Materials by NYSUT, NYS AFL-CIO, and League of Women Voters, opposing a constitutional convention; materials supporting the School Facility Health and Safety Bond Act of 1997

Letter from UFT president Randi Weingarten inviting Cortese to join advisory committee; list of guiding questions for advisory board

Description of Baltimore Curriculum Project, utilizing highly structured curriculum with pre-written lesson plans; correspondence between NYSUT officials (Phil Ellis, Antonia Cortese, Charles Santelli) re elimination of program in Fairfax County, Virginia, schools ostensibly because of lack of effectiveness, noting possibility that data was manipulated

Handwritten notes. See also: Restructuring

Antonia Cortese's appointment books

State of New York Department of Labor contract signature sheet, draft proposed grant application by NYSUT for Assessment of Teachers Responses to Structural Educational Support Program (SES); program overview

Directory

Reports, "Discipline Without Delay: Report on the Effectiveness of Tenure Reform," NYSUT, June 1997; "Conflict in the Classroom: Drawing the Line on Bad Behavior," NYSUT, n.d., c. 1993; "Safe Havens No More: Report of the Senate Democratic Task Force on Education," April 1993; NYS Police Safe Schools School Violence Prevention Program "Participant's Handbook," presented as a community service to school administrators, all school personnel and school bus drivers, November 1996; memo to NYSUT vice president Antonia Cortese re Consistency Management and Cooperative Discipline, July 21, 1999; related handwritten notes; memo re NYS school discipline law, November 15, 1993; letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from AFT, seeking participation in study of New York State regulations re school discipline, October 15, 1998; description of Project SAVE; NYSUT press releases; related correspondence. See also: Civility

; See also: School Violence

Text of proposed language on penalties and procedures in 3020a cases. See also: Tenure. 3020a Disciplinary Hearings, 1991-9997

; See also: Good Moral Character

; See also: Part 83. Good Moral Character

; See also: Tenure. 3020a Disciplinary Hearings, 1981-1995

NYSUT Survey of Distance Learning Projects: A Report to the NYSUT Task Force on Educational Technology, May 1987; articles from New York Teacher, 1994, with cover letter from author to Cortese, 1996; memo to local presidents re Dutchess County BOCES distance learning project, October 19, 1992

Board of Regents working paper, "Increasing High School Completion Rates: Framework for Local and State Action," July 1987; annual dropout rate, 1969-1986, in NYC and rest of state; "Staying in School: The Dropout Challenge," position paper of the NYS School Boards Association. See also: School Attendance

; See also: Children at Risk

See also: Skills Opportunity/Youth Centers

; See also: Task Force on Alternative Education

; See also: Social Promotion

Conference materials; brochures by Head Start, National Research Council, French-American Foundation (re early education curriculum in France). See also: Shanker Institute

; See also: Pre-K

Booklet, Improving Instruction and Assessment in Early Childhood Education: Summary of a Workshop Series, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, 1991; agenda for Permanent Interagency Committee on Early Childhood Programs Advisory Committee meeting, April 15, 1992, and related correspondence; policy papers; notes on changes to regulations on school-age child care and group family day care homes; testimony of Mary Nakashian, first deputy commissioner, Family Support Administration, before the City Council General Welfare Committee on Family Day Care Registration, December 28, 1991; newsletter, Resources for Early Childhood Programs; organizational chart, Success By 6 committee structure; flyers; handwritten notes

Agenda for Permanent Interagency Committee on Early Childhood Programs Advisory Committee meeting, May 29, 1991, letter to Cortese from Syracuse Teachers Association re change in reimbursement policy by State Education Department, jeopardizing preschool handicapped program, February 7, 1991, with supporting documentation; memo re proposed Regents early childhood policy, May 16; draft Early Childhood Developmental Education Program, December 13, 1990; report, "Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies: A Proposal to Refine Service Delivery, Funding Mechanisms, and Accountability Measures"; report, "The Feasibility of a Public-Private Partnership for Child Care in New York State," Families and Work Institute, March 1991; Child Care and Development Block Grant Allocation Plan as recommended by the NYS Permanent Interagency Committee on Early Childhood; text of proposed bill to amend the social service law in relation to child care resources and referral services; handwritten notes

Description of purpose and structure of Permanent Interagency and Advisory Group; statement of philosophy of early childhood programs of Pittsburgh Schools; summary of new federal legislation and appropriations related to early childhood services; proposed teacher certification requirements for Head Start

Correspondence; reprint of chapter, "The Case for Public School Sponsorship of Early Childhood Education Revisited," by Albert Shanker, in Early Schooling; The National Debate, Kagan and Zigler, 1987; New York Times clipping re Head Start after 25 years, February 14, 1990

Letter from NYS Governor's Office appointing Toni Cortese to the Early Childhood Task Force

Revised draft, "Expanding Early Childhood Services in New York State: A Report to the Governor and Legislature," submitted by the Task Force on Early Childhood Services; draft report, "Governor's Task Force on Work and Family: Discussion of Recommendations," October 28, 1988; letter to Cortese from Governor's Office confirming appointment; handwritten notes

Documents re pre-K programs funded by the Bureau of Childhood Development and Parent Education; paper by bureau, "Philosophical Base: The Early Childhood Education Program," June 1982; printed booklet by State Education Department, "Education and Community Renewal: Regents Policies and Service Models," September 1987; Guidelines for New York State Prekindergarten Program, 1988-1989

Draft reports as above; correspondence; handwritten notes

Letter to NYS Commissioner of Education Thomas Sobol from executive director of NYS School Boards Association warning that the report to the Governor, "Expanding Early Childhood Services in New York State," by the Task Force on Early Childhood Services would contain a strong dissent from the association and from Cortese, November 15, 1988; copies of "Annual Budget Message 1988-1989" and Gov. Mario M. Cuomo "Message to the Legislature," January 6, 1988; excerpt form 1988-89 Executive Briefing Book, State of New York, Governor Mario M. Cuomo

AFT report, "The Private Management of Public Schools: An Analysis of the EAI Experience in Baltimore," n.d., c. 1994. See also: Giffen

; See also: Edison

; See also: Privatization Project

Booklets by Hudson Institute, "Education Reform 1995-1996: A Report from the Educational Excellence Network to Its Education Policy Committee and the American People," Chester E. Finn, Jr., and Diane Ravitch; same for 1994-95; NYSUT press release, "Reform Must Happen School by School," September 30, 1991; research articles re phenomenon variously known as labor-management cooperation, collaborative labor practices, employee participation, team concept, productivity management; NYSUT memos re staff development in North Country districts; handwritten notes

Testimony of Antonia Cortese, first vice president, NYSUT, to the NYS Commission on Education Reform, January 13, 2004; Albany Witness List (giving testimony at hearing); Report and Recommendations of NYSUT Ad Hoc Task Force on School Finance, November 2003

NYSUT Proposal for State Aid and Education Reform in New York State 1984-85; addendum to draft; chart, Costs Involved in Raising Minimum Salaries to Indicated Levels, 1985-86; discussion outline; newspaper clipping re teacher shortage

"State Initiatives in Education Reform," prepared for NYSUT Board of Directors, March 2-3, 1984; report by Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Facilities, "Excellence in Public Higher Education: A Call for Action: Comments and Recommendations by APSCUF Committee on Quality in Higher Education," May 29, 1984; booklet by the Florida Education Association, "Mandating Excellence and Rewarding Initiative in Teaching," October 15, 1983; memo from State Education Department re proposed regulations on postsecondary institutions, February 19, 1980; correspondence

State Education Department comparison of proposed revisions in regulations governing postsecondary institutions, June 6, 1979; revised standards for registration of postsecondary curricula for general purpose and professional purposes, June 6, 1979

List of conference participants; paper, "Testing in American School Reform," by Edward F. Kelly, November 1984; paper, "A Report Card: Education Reform in the States," by Frances Kemmerer and Alan P. Wagner, Center for Educational Research and Policy Studies, SUNY, prepared for Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, February 1985; paper, "A History of School Reform in New York State: Implication for Today's Policy Makers," Gail P. Kelly and Maxine S. Seller

Testimony by Thomas Y. Hobart, president, NYSUT, at the Regents Hearing on the Tentative Statewide Plan for the Development of Postsecondary Education; State Education Department Memorandum to Chief Executive Officers of Postsecondary Institutions in NYS, re implementation of new regulations on off-campus instruction, September 19, 1980; State Education Department discussion paper, Draft of the 1980 Statewide Plan for the Development of Postsecondary Education in New York, June 12, 1980

Minutes of Teacher Education Conference Board, June 18- 19, 1980; memo from State Education Department re revisions in regulations for postsecondary institutions. See also: Teacher Education Conference Board

Editorial Board meeting notes re Middletown Times Herald Record and scandals publicized re teachers involved in sexual misconduct, n.d.; draft of letter to be sent to editorial boards of major newspapers asking for meeting to discuss NYSUT position on education issues, January 23, 1998; position papers, "NYSUT on the Issues," "NYSUT on the Issues: Taking a Stand for Kids, 1993-1997," "Talking Points on Student Standards," "Talking Points on Higher Standards for Teachers: Regents' Task Force on Teaching Report," "Talking Points on Higher Standards for Teachers: NYSUT's Plan for Ensuring Teacher Competency," "Talking Points, Useful Facts, and Helpful Hints on the Bill of Rights and Responsibilities," "Charter School Legislation: Talking Points," "Highlights of Governor George E. Pataki's Charter Schools Legislation"; press release, "NYSUT Calls for 'Targeted Aid' for Standards, Faltering Schools," February 2, 1998; Educational Conference Board paper, "The High Cost of Standards," February 1998. See also: Standards

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 Report, Boston Renaissance Charter School, 1999; clippings from Boston, Baltimore, NYC area, and New Jersey newspapers, Business Week, The Nation, and Mother Jones; NYSUT and AFT memos re Edison Schools update, national conference. See also: Education Alternative, Inc.

; See also: Giffen

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

"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"

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

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

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

Agendas of trustee meetings and materials

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

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

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

Meeting follow-up memo re action items; draft document, "What comprises a strong, practical research base for a school restructuring design? For consideration by AFT K-12 teachers PPC," by Sam Stringfield, Johns Hopkins University

Agenda; minutes of April 14, 1999, meeting; Effective Teaching Program budget for 1999-2000

Agenda and minutes; agreements; Effective Teaching Program accomplishments, 1997-98; "Nondiscriminatory Policy as to Students"

Application for Recognition of Exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, Learning Foundation of New York State United Teachers, Inc.; memo noting nonprofit corporation status of Learning Foundation, outlining next steps, May 13, 1996; corporate by-laws

Meeting agenda of Board of Trustees, June 4, 2002; agreement and declaration of trust; plan of benefits; agreement of lease; administrative services agreement; independent contractor agreement; auditing services agreement; legal services agreement; tax exemption application; ERISA exemption notice

Meeting agenda of Board of Trustees, April 22, 1997, April 14, 1999, and March 7, 2001; minutes of several 1998 meetings; trust agreement; plan of benefits; appointment of trustee; POA/tax exemption; form SS-4; notification of exemption from ERISA; racial and ethnic data of the trust, March 1, 1999; financial statement for year ended August 31, 1998

Certificate of incorporation

Correspondence re professional performance review requirements by State Education Department

Correspondence re professional performance review requirements by State Education Department

AFT questionnaire returned with responses by Bill Clinton

Memo from NYSUT Office of General Counsel re citing Supreme Court rulings that recording of conversations are lawful with the consent of only one party

Memo to NYSUT local presidents describing far-reaching changes of No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 in reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), new mandates for school districts. See also: No Child Left Behind

Draft agenda; documents outlining accountability requirements and other changes under No Child Left Behind

Agenda; documents outlining accountability requirements and other changes under No Child Left Behind

Agenda; documents outlining accountability requirements and other changes under No Child Left Behind

Detailed analysis of implications of the No Child Left Behind Act, requirements for school improvement and possible sanctions for Title I schools, strategies for helping paraprofessionals meet the new requirements

Memo; Correspondence to Commissioner Mills

Agenda for March 18, 1999, meeting for reauthorization of Title I Elementary and Secondary Education Act; talking points for committee re reauthorization; agenda and minutes of November 18, 1998, meeting; NYSUT paper, "Title I: A Lifeline to a High Quality Education: Action Steps to Keep the Reforms of 1994 Going," March 1999; "United States Department of Education Proposed Changes to Title I," 3/8/99; State Education Department publication, "Federal Legislation and Education in New York State, 1999"; NYSUT fact sheet re allocations of grants under Title I

Recommendations submitted to Congress by AFT for reauthorization of Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1969

List of task force members; meeting agenda; Congressional Research Service Report for Congress, "Title I, ESEA: Current Status and Issues," updated August 13, 1998; description of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994; Federal Register notice (request for public comment) of reauthorization of Department of Education Elementary and Secondary Education Programs, June 2, 1998; final report of Department of Education, "Title I Services for Private School Students Under the Reauthorization of ESEA: A Snapshot of Federal Assistance in Transition," 1998; American Prospect article, "America's Next Achievement Test: Closing the Black-White Test Score Gap," Christopher Jenks and Meredith Philips, September-October 1998; handwritten notes

Text of act, from Congressional Record, September 28, 1994

Report of the NYSUT Ad Hoc Task Force on Elementary Education; critical comments by UFT vice president, August 29; comments compiled by elementary school teacher, Shenendehowa Central School, 1988

Special Order of Business #1: Elementary School Standards, adopted by NYSUT 1996 Representative Assembly; recommendations of the NYSUT Task Force on Elementary School Standards. See also: Standards & Assessment

List of nominations, with cover letter to NYSUT officers

Agenda; activity report of Employee Services, Inc.; mock-up of program brochure

Agreement between Employee Services, Inc., and NYSUT to provide psychological counseling services to employees of the union

Note confirming reappointment of Professional Staff Association representatives to NYSUT EAP Committee; mock-ups of brochure, magnet, publicizing program

Draft of letter to NYSUT employees announcing retention of new firm, EDiSON [sic] EAP, as provider of employee assistance services; list of training topics

Letter from NYSUT general counsel to St. Peter's Addiction Recovery Center, Inc. (SPARC), terminating relationship for employee assistance services, January 11, 2001; original signed agreement with EDiSON EAP, Inc., for employee assistance services, January 10, 2001; earlier drafts

Earlier drafts of agreement with EDiSON EAP, Inc., for employee assistance services, 2000; signed employee assistance program policy between NYSUT as employer and Communication Workers of America (CWA) and other unions representing employees of NYSUT, 1985

Earlier drafts of contract with EDiSON EAP, Inc.; unsigned contract between NYSUT and St. Peter's Addiction Recovery Center, Inc. (SPARC), 1999; related correspondence

Draft confidentiality memo from Scott Hicks; mock-up of EAP brochure with handwritten edits; handwritten notes

Proposal by EDiSON EAP, Inc., to provide employee assistance program services for NYSUT, with cover letter arguing case

Unsigned consultant contract with Clinical Services and Consultation (CSC) (Scott Hicks), 1998; EDiSON proposal; EDiSON brochures, one marketed to employees ("Stability in Troubled Times"), the other to employers ("Increase Profits!!"); correspondence re potential service providers; handwritten notes

Confidential utilization report by category of problem (marital, alcohol, job-related stress, etc.), March 1994-March 1995; utilization report, 1991; memo to Cortese reporting negative comments by Scott Hicks re managed care at meeting, July 1992; consultant contract; solicitation by managed mental health care company, National Employee Assistance Services, Inc., September 9, 1991

Contracts between NYSUT and Clinical Services and Consultation, Inc.(Scott Hicks)

Invoice and utilization report from Clinical Services and Consultation, Inc. (Scott Hicks) for NSYUT employee assistance program; meeting agenda

Handwritten notes; brochure

Meeting notice; handwritten notes

Brochures for various employee assistance programs, including Clinical Services and Consultation, Inc.(Scott Hicks) and EDiSON EAP, Inc.

NYSUT Survey on Local Union Involvement in Excellence and Accountability Programs: Final Report, December 1992; correspondence

Fact sheet re history of salary improvement program

"Statement on Genuine Accountability," with cover letter from National Center for Fair & Open Testing, opposing "overuse and misuse" of standardized testing, soliciting signature of support from AFT. See also: Standards & Assessment. National Test and Student Assessment

Report of the Task Force on Registered Nurse Licensure and Entry-into-Practice Debate

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

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 23, 1997. See also: Standards

"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

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

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

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, December 12 (no year). See also: Language Other Than English (LOTE)

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

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

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

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

New York Times article re learning and job-market value (or not) of general equivalency diplomas, as alternative to staying in violent schools and as device for statistically lowering the dropout rate of failing schools. See also: Alternative Education

Memo from vp Cortese to NYSUT Executive Committee, "Recommended Guidelines for Gender- Neutral Language," August 26, 1991, with attached Handbook of Nonsexist Writing, and 1990 NYSUT Representative Assembly resolution, "Use of Gender-Neutral Language"; related guidelines with cover memo to Cortese

Materials re privately funded scholarship program offered to students who wished to leave Giffen Memorial Elementary School (lowest performing primary school in Albany, NY): "A Better Choice (A.B.C.) School Voucher Program: Preliminary Findings from an Independent Study," prepared by Capital Assessments, Inc., December 1998; revised Proposal of Services to Evaluate the A.B.C. Tuition Assistance Program, submitted by MAGI Educational Services, Inc., with cover letter to NYSUT research director Charles Santelli, December 1997; critical evaluation of initial MAGI proposal; newspaper clippings. See also: Edison

; See also: Education Alternatives

; See also: Low-Performing Schools

Testimony to the Board of Regents presented by NYS Coordinating Council for the Education of the Gifted/Talented, September 5, 1980, and September 11, 1981; testimony submitted to Senate Minority Task Force on the Education of the Gifted Child, by Elaine Stoddard, executive chairmen, NYS Coordinating Council for the Education of the Gifted and Talented, February 20, 1979; testimony by Stoddard to the American Association of School Administrators, June 28-July 1, 1979; testimony by Stoddard to the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, August 1, 1979

Letters of reference in support of Stoddard's appointment to State Education Department

Senate Minority Task Force Report: Education of the Gifted Child, May 1979; State Education Department position paper, "Educating the Gifted and Talented in New York State," January 1976; proposal, Gifted and Talented Program, submitted to Commissioner of Education, U.S. Office of Education, Department of Health Education and Welfare, by the NYS Consortium for the Education of Gifted and Talented, April 27, 1977; statement by A. Frederick Goossen, executive director, Assembly Education Committee, to NYS Coordinating Council for the Education of the Gifted/Talented, February 5, 1977; newsletters; correspondence

"The Relationship between International Education and American Civic Education," presented by Herb Magidson, vice president, American Federation of Teachers, to Department of Education's Educational Symposium for America's Role in World Affairs, May 26, 1989; progress report to Regents and related correspondence re State Education Department's "Education for a Global Perspective: A Plan for New York State," 1982-83; discussion paper by David Dorn, International Affairs Director, American Federation of Teachers, "Wither Education in the 21st Century: A Background Report for the First World Congress of the Education International," with cover note by author to Cortese, soliciting reaction, November 1995

Evaluations of State Education Department's draft revision of U.S. history curriculum for grades 7, 8, and 11, 1997-98; "Response to Wall Street Journal article of November 17, 1998 and Elaine Wristley Reed's letter to Roseanne DeFabio [National Council for History Education] regarding United States History and Government Social Studies, grade 11," prepared by Elizabeth Sheffer; related correspondence

Application by State Education Department to U.S. Department of Education for federal funding under Goals 2000: Educate America Act, June 1994; memo to Commissioner Sobol from vp Cortese critically commenting on application, June 15, 1994

Request for proposal; drafts and related materials; "Regents Task Force on Closing the Performance Gap and Statewide Performance Advisory Council "Statement on Closing the Gaps in Student Performance"; Regents discussion item, "Design for a System for Accountability for Student Success," February 29, 2000

Text of Commissioner's Regulations re good moral character (administrative procedures for investigation following conviction of a crime by a licensed teacher). See also: Part 83. Good Moral Character

; See also: Tenure. 3020a Disciplinary Hearings

; See also: Discipline Meeting (Professional Misconduct) 3/28/89

Message to the Legislature, January 4, 1989

Governor's press release, "Governor Pataki's School Tax Relief Plan 'STAR' in Budget: Multi-Year Plan Cuts School Property Taxes, Provides Additional School Aid," July 29, 1997; Associated Press report of Pataki's first State of the State address; excerpt of message re education, n.d.

Text of several proposals to amend the education law re disciplinary procedures for tenured teachers, charter schools, other issues; memo summarizing bills from NYSUT's perspective; recommended changes by NYSUT

"Using Standards and Assessments to Support Student Learning: Alternatives to Grade Retention: A Report to the Chancellor's Committee on Grade Transition Standards," by Linda Darling-Hammond and Beverly Falk, Teachers College, Columbia University, September 1995; NYSUT press release, "Blowing the Whistle on Education's 'Open Secret': Teachers report pressure thwarts drive for higher standards," March 3, 1994; "Highlights on Educational Standards," from the NYSUT survey of presidents of elementary and secondary teacher locals, 1993-94; newspaper clipping. See also: Standards & Assessment

NSYUT Briefing Bulletin: Summary of the Commissioner's Proposal (9/18/97) on Graduation Requirements; NYSUT Response to the Commissioner's Proposal (9/18/97) on Graduation Requirements, approved by NYSUT Board of Directors September 26, 1997; Commissioner's Report to the Regents re decision on graduation requirements, July 1997; drafts of proposals for discussion

Related materials

Memo form NYSUT general counsel re Greenburgh No. 11 Federation of Teachers v. Greenburgh No. 11 UFSD, noting PERB decision upholding complaints by union, reinstatement of teachers, December 23, 1996; NYSUT publication, "Justice Ignored: The Children's Village School Board Scandal," June 1, 1999, re union-busting attempts

NYSUT/Metropolitan Life "Long-Term Care Workbook," c. 1993; Q&A sheet re NYSUT long-term care plan; "Some Common Questions about Health Acre Reform," prepared for AFT Executive Council and Program and Policy Council meetings, October 1993; booklet, "Health Security: The President's Health Care Plan," re the Health Security Act of 1993; health care resolution for consideration by AFT Executive Council; handwritten notes

Health Security: The President's Report to the American People, White House Domestic Policy Council (forward by Hillary Rodham Clinton), October 1993; Report of the National Leadership Coalition for Health Care Reform, 1991-93; chart comparing Clinton plan with alternative proposals; New York Times clipping

Meeting report prepared by NYSUT associates Pat Flynn and Alice Brody, July 21, 1998; fact sheet re program; outline of goals and key practices

NYSUT Information Bulletin, "Home Schooling," May 1997; Wall Street Journal articles re growth in home schooling, October 6, 1986, and March 5, 1997; related articles; annual counts of children educated at home in NYS, by region, 1980-1994; legal brief: U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, decision in Blackwelder et al. v. Saufner et al., rejecting challenge to right of school districts to evaluate home instruction to determine whether it meets state standards, including amicus brief by NYSUT and NYS School Boards Association, with NYSUT cover letter, June 22, 1988; National Conference of State Legislators State Legislative Report, "Home Schooling: A Primer for State Legislators," 1988; letter from Louis Grummet, Executive Director of NYS School Boards Association, to Lionel Meno, State Education Department Deputy Commissioner, Elementary and Secondary Education, commenting critically on Meno's proposal to remove requirement that home-schooled students be subject to standardized testing, and letter to Cortese from Grummet, commenting on correspondence, August 15, 1989

Talking points and background information

Memo to NYSUT Board of Directors re negative impact of standardization, demoralizing effect of accountability, background re HOPE as advocacy group opposing higher state academic standards, n.d.; petition opposing "high-stakes" testing; HOPE Teacher Forum report to Commissioner Mills and the Board of Regents, March 21, 2001; related newsletters and newspaper clippings

Activities guide; teacher guide; social science activities text; cover letters

"History and Status Report: The Arizona Experiment: The First Regional Project for Visions of the Future," June 1984; draft contract between NYSUT and Hudson Institute, September 7, 1984; final report, "School-to-Work Transition Programs: A Policy Analysis," prepared for Jobs for America's Graduates, Inc., Washington, D.C., January 1984; related correspondence

Memo to Toni Cortese and Chuck Santelli re illegal immigrant bill, April 26, 1995, with attached newspaper clipping re bill to end most state-provided benefits; letter from New York State School Boards Association re intergenerational programming (programs for the aging) in New York State, December 7, 1989; meeting materials by Industrial Relations Research Association (IRRA), 1989-89; letters from Antonia Cortese to applicants for executive assistant position, 1988

Proposed regulations of the Commissioner, and comments from NYSUT

AFT Special Information Packet: Student Achievement Data and International Assessments, c. 1992; AFT QuESTline newsletter, "Starting with Standards: The Route to Lasting School Reform," winter 1992; handwritten notes

AFL-CIO pamphlets of foreign policy; NYSUT pamphlet, "Organized Labor's Foreign Policy: Freedom of Association"; pamphlet, "The AFT and International Affairs"; pamphlet, "The Struggle for Democracy in Central America," cosponsored by AIFLD, Social Democrats USA, and others; booklet, "The Peace Movement and the Soviet Union," by Vladimir Bukovsky, reprinted from Commentary, 1982; remarks of Paul F. Cole, secretary-treasurer, NYS AFL-CIO, at the International Affairs Conference, October 9, 1987; materials from 30th annual National Security Seminar, U.S. Army War College, June 4-8, 1984, including unsigned firsthand report; AFT resolution on the Philippines, February 22, 1986; correspondence; newsletters, including The Pluralist, Democracy International, Falls Church, VA, February 1982; article reprints and newspaper clippings; handwritten notes

Materials re Nicaragua and El Salvador, including Department of State publications; AFL-CIO resolutions; article reprints; and newspaper clippings compiled by NYSUT Office of Public Relations

Democrats '82: National Party Conference draft workshop statements re foreign policy and security issues; Department of State policy papers and publications, including Realism, Strength, Negotiation: Key Foreign Policy Statements of the Reagan Administration, May 1984; article reprints; newspaper clippings; handwritten notes

Clipping summarizing findings by Educational Testing Service noting that education majors had lowest scores on knowledge of international affairs, June 1981; brochures: "The AFT and International Affairs," "A Foreign Policy with a Purpose," by Lane Kirkland, "American Labor's Involvement in World Affairs"; discussion paper by State Education Department, "Education for a Global Perspective: A Plan for New York State"; congressional testimony by AFT on post-secondary education (Paul Simon bill, H.R. 3231), with cover letter to Cortese, August 26, 1981; memo from Cortese to BNYSUT officers outlining proposed NYSUT international education program, August 5, 1981

Agenda for NYSUT conference, "Labor's Stake in International Affairs," April 2-14, 1982; Center for Appeals for Freedom Lecture Bureau Speakers 19982-1983;

Several issues of AFL-CIO Free Trade Union News; meeting agendas, November 19 and October 27, 1981;

Letters to Cortese critiquing international education plan, July 1981; handwritten notes

Senate testimony by AFT on the Higher Education Act, October 3, 1979; packet of newspaper clippings on El Salvador, 1981; newsletters, policy papers, and article reprints; handwritten notes

Conference agenda, "Labor's Stake in International Affairs"; speech (by Cortese?) to conference re NYSUT position; speech by Al Shanker, March 4, 1983; list of invitees; follow-up correspondence, update on activities

Handwritten notes; agenda

Brochures and newsletters; monthly update bulletin February/March 1984; resolutions re illiteracy and related issues

Response to survey, "Participation of Teachers' Unions in Educational Planning," letter to Cortese from AFT re IFFTU survey

Tel Aviv, Israel. Printed proceedings; article reprints; cover letter from AFT

Unattributed white paper, "The Black Hebrews," c. 1979, and related newspaper clippings; printed publications

Letter to vp Cortese thanking her for continued membership

Draft Report of the AFT Delegation to Japan, with handwritten comments and cover letter to vp Cortese, January 10, 1995; related memos re Japanese education system

Letter to Cortese asking her to become member; program highlight sheets

NYSUT draft documents, June 1989: "Guidelines for Agreements on Professional Decision-Making," "Are Your Ready for Joint Decision-Making? An Awareness Instrument," "The Union Role in Joint Decision Making: A Legal and Educational Background," with cover letter to field staff asking for comments; agreement between the Chittenango Teachers Association and the superintendent of the central school district, April 1989; related materials. See also: Shared Decision Making

Excerpts from unknown book re seven tests of just cause in employee discipline cases

A Guide to the Kentucky Reform Act of 1990, Legislative Research Commission; The Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990: A Citizen's Handbook, Legislative Research Commission, revised September 1991; "Finding Time for School Reform: Obstacles and Answers," a joint study by the Kentucky Education Association and Appalachia Educational Laboratory, funded in part by the U.S. Department of Education, March 1993; SEEK: Support Education Excellence in Kentucky: Public School Finance in Kentucky, 1993; related documents

Anti-union cartoons by the National Association of Manufacturers; "A Short History of American Labor," reprint of AFL-CIO American Federationist, March 1981; "American Labor: A Bicentennial History," by M.B. Schnapper, compilation of early twentieth-century newspaper articles re child labor, women's labor

Remarks by Paul F. Cole, secretary-treasurer, NYS AFL-CIO, at Conversations with History, November 3, 1988; program for Conversations with History 50th anniversary forum of the 1938 NYS constitutional convention; labor history month article for PERB News by Harold R. Newman, with cover letter from author to NYSUT president Hobart, June 14, 1993

Summary of provision of Landrum-Griffin Act with which NYSUT must comply

State Education Department discussion item re accommodations for late arriving students with limited English language proficiency at the secondary level, June 25, 1999; discussion item, results of survey on recommendations of Foreign language Implementation Committee, January 11, 1999. See also: Foreign Language

Summary report, correspondence

Notes from brainstorming session of new subcommittee of Administrative Committee to explore ways in which NYSUT can ensure leadership continuity among local presidents; committee members were Tony Bifaro, assistant to President Hobart, Chuck Santelli, director of research and educational services, and Jim Conti, director of field services

Applications by district for Cornell ILR-NYSUT Leadership Institute

Brochures, "The Role of Black Trade Unions in Fostering Integration," presentation by Norman Hill to the Jewish Labor Committee, February 15, 1994; "Labor and Society: A Roundtable Discussion on Catholic Social Thought with Thomas R. Donahue, John T. Joyce, Michael Novak, George Weigel," League for Industrial Democracy, n.d.; League for Industrial Democracy, 1994 program summary; 1992-93 program summary, with cover letter; "Why America Needs a Social Democratic Movement: A Statement on Our Economy, Our Polity and Our Community," Social Democrats, USA, August 1993

Meeting materials, including agenda, update on state alliances; proposed governance revisions; bylaws and constitution; September minutes; financial statements; selected articles re purposes of public education; presentation, "Getting and Keeping Talented Teachers: A National Overview," Council of Chief State School Officers, December 15, 2003; brochure for Center on Education Policy; correspondence

Materials for board meeting, including agenda, audit materials (memo from finance chair, fiscal year 2003 audit and audit report), financial statements; May minutes; cross-case analysis of cost-effective professional practices

Meeting materials, including agenda; minutes of September 2000 meeting; "Every Child Reading: A Professional Development Guide"; overview and future directions; press release, "New Agreement Reached on Guidelines for Teaching Reading: Alliance Unites National Education Groups to Promote What Works for Professional Development," December 6, 2000

Meeting materials, including agenda; activity updates (executive director's report, finance committee report); High Stakes Assessment discussion; National School Boards Association's Student Achievement Institute; initiative on professional practice; presentation on National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century; cover letter explaining packet contents

Meeting materials, including agenda; executive director's report; discussion of state alliances; national reading panel report; new NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) standards

Meeting materials, including agenda; January minutes; memo re future directions of the alliance; briefing paper on alliances' state partnerships; statement of goals; draft action plan on safe and supportive learning communities; list of board members and bios; correspondence

Meeting materials, including agenda; report on strengthening professional practice: state actions in five key areas; statement of commitment by chief state school officers; related documents

Meeting materials, including agenda; January minutes; Kauffman grant summary; mathematics public engagement campaign; press release and related materials for Achieve, Inc., press conference

Meeting materials, including agenda; statement of auditors; proposal for follow-up on "Every Child Reading"; description of Reading Excellence Act; memo to Learning First Public Relations Task Force re media mailings to top education writers by Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Meeting materials, including agenda; history of Learning First Alliance as outgrowth of Forum of Educational Organizations; minutes of April meeting; brochure for National Partnership for Excellence and Accountability in Teaching; working drafts of action plans to improve reading and mathematics learning, April 27, 1998; related correspondence

Agenda; September minutes; outline of reading and math action papers

State Education Department publication, "Increasing High School Completion Rates: A Framework for State and Local and Action," July 1987; draft research on leaning styles by Richard Harned, SUNY Buffalo, Kenmore Teachers Association, Tonawanda, AFT Research and Dissemination Program, n.d.; article re controversial statements re black learning styles by Edmund Gordon, chair of State Education Department symposium panel to study an also-controversial handbook on dropouts, 1988; transcript of remarks at symposium; paper presented at symposium; handwritten notes

Drafts of amendments to NYS Education Law re professional mediation, professional decision-making, with cover memo to vp Cortese, soliciting comments

Correspondence re cases of individual teachers represented (or denied representation) by NYSUT Legal Review Committee in termination and other disputes

Anthony Prochilo, Oceanside Federation of Teachers, 1991; Buhler, Red Hook Faculty Association, 1987; Patchogue-Medford Congress of Teachers, 1987; North Rockland, 1987; New Rochelle Federation of United School Employees (FUSE), 1986; Bob Sawyers, Baldwin Teachers Association, 1988;

Iris Sobel, NYC, 2002; W. Scott Burke, Watervliet Teachers Association, 2000; Erica Rubrum, Carle Place Teachers' Association, 1997-99 (parental complaint letter, question of confidentiality under FERPA)

"Current Legal Issues," 1995 Representative Assembly Local Presidents' Conference, March 15-16, 1995; legal memorandum re maternity leave policy prior to 1965 and potential impact on pension claims, April 5, 1991; amicus curiae brief of NYSUT in support of plaintiff's motion for summary judgment, Louis Grumet, Albert Hawk, NYS School Boards Association v. Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District, and Board of Education of the Monroe-Woodbury Central School District, State of New York Supreme Court, County of Albany, September 4, 1991

AFT paraprofessional committee newsletter, The Reporter, re Louisiana Federation of Teachers proposal for state-funded tuition for paraprofessionals wishing to pursue education degrees to become teachers

Issues paper, "Steps into the 1990s"; tentative pre- conference activities program; correspondence; handwritten notes

United Federation of Teachers memo re draft provisions creating city teaching assistant licenses similar to the state's, and other provisions

Memo from NYSUT general counsel re lobbying status of NYSUT officers, June 2, 1992

Proposal for LAPP by Wallkill Teachers' Association, 1996- 97; public relations plan, Camden Teacher's Association, 1996-97; by East Greenbush Teachers' Association; reapplication for NYSUT Public Relations Grant, by Fredonia Teachers' Association, August 26, 1996; Hyde Park; Endicott & Owego Apalachin; Massapequa Federation of Teachers Local 1442; North Babylon; Victor; Onteora; Whitesboro; Yonkers Federation of Teachers

Patchogue-Medford Congress of Teachers proposed plan of action: 9/97-8/98; 1997 LAPP Conference Program

Warwick Valley LAPP proposal; Saratoga Springs; conference evaluation report

Agenda for meeting with labor relations specialists; NYSUT Local Action Pilot Project schedule of activities, July 14-17, 1996; draft self-evaluation for LAPP locals; Endicott LAPP project update 1996-97

Agenda, handwritten notes, and related materials

Agenda, handwritten notes, and related materials

Agenda; questionnaires for locals (completed)

Conference evaluation summary, August 3, 1995; community action plan for Fairport; correspondence

Agenda; handwritten notes

Application for NYSUT Public Relations Grant, September 30, 1995; East Greenbush Teachers Association application; West Seneca Teachers Association proposal; Patchogue-Medford Congress of Teachers proposed plan of action; Victor proposal; Hyde Park; Whitesboro; handwritten notes; 1995 conference evaluation summary; conference program

Meeting notice

List of contact people at local teachers' associations; related memo; newsletter

Handwritten outline of speech; summary of NYSUT/Local PR program, December 2, 1994; information on media coach Jack Franchetti Communications

Letter from Carmel Teachers' Association; newspaper clipping from New York Teacher re pilot community action programs; agenda for leadership/inclusion workshop

List of VOTE/COPE contributions from locals recommended for local action project; proposal from Endicott Teachers' Association, Deposit Teachers Association, Horseheads Teachers Association

Memos

Handwritten notes; questionnaire

Summary of NYSUT/Local PR program, December 2, 1994; related documents and correspondence

Handwritten notes; agenda

"Talking Points: An Official Publication of Christian Coalition of New York," August 1994; Christian Coalition of New York, Saratoga County Chapter: The Liaison Plan; newspaper clipping from Schenectady Gazette, "School Officials Eye Religious Right: Conservative Groups Making Inroads," August 25, 1994; letter from Commack Teachers Association urging voters to pass school budget, June 17, 1994; 1994 Vote Count by District (Commack); handwritten notes

Long Island Education Coalition proposed resolutions for the 1994 Long Island Summit; fact sheet on education; draft recommendations of Summit Tax and Government Committee; correspondence

Proposals; lists of grants

List of LAPP proposals for 1997-98 school year; meeting notice

Conference survey summary; conference program

Registration form

Memos to accounting department from vp Cortese re grants to local districts; handwritten notes

Letters informing districts of payment of grant money

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List of grants given by district

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Letter informing district of payment of grant money; plan proposal

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Activity report

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Letter informing district of payment of grant money; plan proposal

Agenda; final report, Committee on Local Administration, May 1997;

Proposals submitted by Union-Endicott, Whitesboro, West Seneca, Massapequa school districts; agenda

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Letter to vp Cortese from Lonnie Palmer, Superintendent of Schools for City School District of Albany, suggesting two-year study comparing performance of students at Giffen school with those who accepted ABC (A Better Choice) scholarship voucher offer to attend private schools, to give NYSUT "the upper hand in the public-relations war," January 21, 1998; Regents Subcommittee on Low- Performing Schools interim report, February 1994; draft NYSUT response, June 28, 1994; response to response, August 3, 1994; response to response, August 3, 1994; mid-year report on low-performing high schools to NYC schools Chancellor Ramon Cortines by Board of Education of the City of New York, January 10, 1995. See also: SURR Schools

; See also: Giffen

Minutes of meeting of Advisory Committee on Redesigning Low-Performing Schools, September 11, 1997; proposed schedule for institute on redesigning low-performing schools; flyer for resource guide; tentative agreement between Minneapolis Public School and Minneapolis Federation of Teachers #59, July 1, 1997-June 30, 1999

Agenda; discussion questions; proposal for Institute on Redesigning Low-Performing Schools; Activities of the Redesigning Low-Performing Schools Initiative since the May Executive Council Meeting; documents, "Suggestions on the Design and Implementation of a Training Program for School Redesign Process Facilitators," "Suggestions on the Dissemination of Raising Student Achievement"; transcript excerpt: Discussion on AFT Activities and Services to Support the Improvement of Low-Performing Schools, by Task Force on Redesigning Low-Performing School, 4/15/97; QuEST '97 Keynote Address by Sandra Feldman, President, American Federation of Teachers, July 27, 1997; AFT memo re progress report on "What Works?" series, September 9, 1997; selected articles on low-performing schools

Agenda; resolution

Agenda for February 7, 1997, meeting; draft (not for publication or attribution) criteria for identifying low-performing schools; excerpts of responses to survey of states and districts re criteria for identifying and remediating low-performing schools; memo re reconstitution, January 6, 1997; overview of legal protections for teacher employment; related memo; K-12 Teachers Program & Policy Council Meeting agenda; discussion questions, the role of the union in redesigning low-performing schools; report by U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics, "Urban Schools: The Challenge of Location and Poverty"; related reports and articles

Facilitative correspondence

Commentary on draft AFT paper "Improving Low-Performing High Schools"; article reprints and related background materials

Meeting agenda; background materials, including memorandum from President Bill Clinton to Secretary of Education re turning around low-performing public schools (October 28, 1997) and related White House press release

Reading materials for AFT conference: "Building on the Best, Learning from What Works: Four Promising Schoolwide Academic Programs" and "Seven Promising Reading and English Language Arts Programs"

Invitation to an Education International Conference, "Living and Learning Together: the Role and Responsibilities of Educators & Their Unions"; conference agenda; memos; NYSUT press release re concern over lingering effects of 9/11 attacks on students; NYSUT Division of Research and Educational Services downloads of articles re risk of prejudice against Arab American community, fanaticism vs constitutional democracy

Report to Regents, "Education Constituent Groups Look at Mandate Relief," September 1995; letters to State Education Department from vp Cortese, criticizing report, June-July; NYSUT resolution opposing governor's proposals; text of bill in Senate-Assembly committee amending several laws, June 7, 1995; related materials

Testimony of David Sherman, vice president, United Federation of Teachers, on the proposed 1995-95 budget, May 17, 1995; related materials

Position statement by State Department of Education, "Mainstreaming Children with Handicapping Conditions in New York State," February 1981; printed special report by AFT Task Force on Educational Issues, "Mainstreaming: A River to Nowhere or a Promising Current?" n.d., c. 1976; NYSUT position statement on mainstreaming; article reprint from New York State Teacher, "Mainstreaming: A Promise Gone Awry"; NYSUT Division of Research and Educational Services, "BOCES and Mainstreaming: Results of a Survey of BOCES Organization Presidents," April 1976; United Federation of Teachers paper, "Commentary on Mainstreaming," February 1975. See also: Special Education

Announcement of Mentor Teacher-Internship Program competitive grants for 1997-98, by State Education Department, October 1977; NYSUT Information Bulletin, describing New York State Mentor Teacher-Internship Program, October 1997; description of New York State Mentor Teacher-Internship Program, 1/16/97; list of district applicants for 1997-98; memo from State Education Department to Mentor Teacher-Internship Program Advisory Committee, with attached revised wording of Section 3033 of Education Law, September 11, 1992; related NYSUT memos; State Professional Standards and Practices Board for Teaching Principles to be Incorporated into Regulations and Guidelines on Mentoring

NYSUT document, "The New York State Mentor Teacher-Internship Program as a Teacher Certification Requirement," n.d., c. 1995

State Education Department 1989-90 Report on the New York State Teacher Resource and Computer Training Centers, New York State Mentor Teacher-Internship Program, [and] Fund for Innovation, January 1991; cover letter to Regents, January 9, 1991

NYSUT report, "Caught in the Middle: Helping Students Avoid the Middle-School Trap," April 2002; talking points re issues in middle level education, Long Island Presidents Conference, January 31, 2003; NYSUT Middle Level Initiatives, February 25, 2003; draft Regents policy statement on middle level education, January 27, 2003; related materials

Draft memo from vp Cortese to participants in State Education Department's Middle-Level Education External Advisory Group meeting on February 6; Regents policy statement; agenda for NYSUT meeting, February 5; talking points from Long Island Presidents Conference; BOCES District Superintendents' position on middle level education

List of members of task force; list of members of External Advisory Council; agenda for October 7, 2003, meeting; memo to Cortese from State Education Department, asking for NYSUT representation on External Advisory Council, May 17, 2001; related materials

Memo to district superintendents from State Education Department re regional forums on academic achievement and positive youth development, "Middle-Level Education: Gateway or Gap?" February 2000; SED action plan and related reports; statistics re high-performing middle schools in NYS; NYSUT press release, "NYSUT Hits State Education Department for 13 Years of Inaction: Union Proposes Middle Education Reform Agenda," April 25, 2002

Memo to vp Cortese and research director Chuck Santelli from UFT vp commenting on State Education Department's middle level education "Blueprint for Change"; NYSUT standards and assessments priority issues and solutions 11/14/01; handwritten notes

Notice of meeting from vp Cortese to NYSUT representatives to advisory group, April 24, 2003, with attached materials; State Education Department public engagement toolkit, including questionnaire, vision statement, Commissioner's Regulations

Presentation graphs, "Elementary Math Overview: The Bottom Line"

Presentation graphs and bullet points, "Middle School Math: The Bottom Line" and "Middle-Level Mathematics 1999-2003: 8th Graders Only"; memo re math exam, January 7, 2004

Presentation graphs and bullet points, "Middle School English: The Bottom Line," with results by racial/ethnic group

Presentation graphs and bullet points, "Elementary English: The Bottom Line," with results by racial/ethnic group

Testimony of Cortese, November 12, 2003; excerpt of Commissioner's Regulation re program requirements for students pre-K-6, from State of New York Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations 1/3/103; comparison of state and national standards for home and career skills; intermediate technology education test; summary of SED draft implementation of Regents policy on middle-level education, October 2003; NYSUT grade 8 math assessment phone survey of teachers, comparison of May 2002 with May 2003; Regents meeting schedule, November 2003; middle-level paper on NYS Commissioner's Regulations presented by the district superintendents, April 2003

Testimony of Antonia Cortese, first vice president, NYSUT, at the Statewide Public Hearing on Alternative Approaches to Implementation of the Regents Policy Statement on Middle-Level Education, November 12, 2003; NYSUT and UFT Middle Level External Advisory Group agenda, November 12, 2003; testimony of Roger Klimek, PLQS, consultant, "Principled Leadership, Quality Schools," at Regents hearing, November 12

Proposal to AFT and Q&A by Minerva, private educational training company, to provide professional development training to school districts; NYSUT memos evaluating proposal; biographical sketches of principals; unsigned agreement between AFT and Educational Standards and Certifications, Inc.

Reprints of scholarly articles on values education; discussion paper for Board of Regents; related materials; handwritten notes

Correspondence with agencies and individuals seeking grants from Mary Muldoon Fund

"Multiculturalism," by New York State Council of Educational Associations, 1992; newspaper clippings and other materials re race relations, particularly re Leonard Jeffries, controversial chairman of Afro-American Studies Department at City College of the City University of New York. See also: Quotas

"A View from the Inside: Multicultural Education," report of the Select Seminar on Excellence in Education, Capital Area School Development Association, November 1991; "Towards a Curriculum of Inclusion: A Roundtable Discussion and an Open Invitation to Prepare for That Kinder and Gentler America," A. J. William-Myers, NY African American Institute, March 21, 1990; "Research on Multi-Cultural Classroom Communication," by Rudi Faltus, San Francisco Federation of Teachers, AFT Educational Research and Dissemination Program (ER&D), with NYSUT memo, September 28, 1987; letter to Cortese from University Centers for Rational Alternatives, with dissenting opinions to Education Commissioner Sobol's Social Studies Syllabus Review Committee, by historians Arthur M. Schlesinger and Kenneth T. Jackson; newspaper clippings

Newspaper clippings re controversial plan by Education Commissioner Sobol to increase content re non-European history in social studies curriculum; discussion and action items for Board of Regents re diversity, social studies syllabus review, June-July 1991

Newspaper clippings re controversial racial statements by CUNY professor Leonard Jeffries

Articles, correspondence, and handwritten notes re diversity, usually meaning African American history and perspective

NYSUT Research Proposal: Public Opinion on Multicultural Education, July 16, 1991; NYSUT 1991 Education Opinion Survey: Final Report, November 12, 1992; 1992 Statewide Focus Groups: Public Attitudes toward Education: Presentation to the NYSYUT Board of Directors, December 4, 1992; NYSUT press release, "Poll Finds New Yorkers Won't Sacrifice Common Heritage to Promote Differences," November 25, 1991; memo from Cortese to NYSUT officers summarizing survey, October 30, 1991; "Where We Stand" article by Albert Shanker, "Teaching the Common Heritage," December 29, 1991; letter to NYSUT vp Cortese from E Pluribus Unum president expressing approval of NYSUT's position critical of Regents plan for social studies curriculum, with attached brochure describing organization's opposition to multicultural education, March 10, 1992; letter from historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., CUNY Graduate School, praising poll, inquiring about curriculum revision committee, February 6, 1992; letter from University Centers for Rational Alternatives, complimenting poll and NYSUT's defense of it, December 5, 1991; letter from attorney Joseph Fleming, requesting details of poll, refusal from Cortese, December 18, 1991; article by Cortese, "Rewriting History: The Debate Over What Children Should Learn in School"; handwritten notes. See also: Surveys

Questions asked by Fact Finders research firm in citizens' survey re multiculturalism in social studies curriculum; handwritten notes

Materials re survey by Fact Finders on lack of public support for teaching multiculturalism to the exclusion of European history/mainstream American culture

Materials re survey by Fact Finders re public attitudes on range of educational issues

AFT/NEA publication, "National Board Certification: A Guide for Candidates," with cover letter, January 19, 1999; NYSUT Information Bulletin re National Board Certification, December 2004; related background materials; packet of newspaper clippings, 2004. See also: Standards, Professional

Agenda; National Board Certified Teacher Survey Summary (conducted by NYSUT Polling Center in March 2004); list of NYSUT locals and school districts reporting recognition for National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) participation and/or achievement in their collective bargaining agreements, as of May 15; talking points for NYSUT vice president Cortese

Talking points; press release, "NYSUT Announces Board Certified Teachers"; letter from Cortese to teacher certified by National Board for Professional Teaching; internal memos discussing number of certified teachers in NYS, comparison with national average

Conference/celebration agenda; press release, "NYSUT Lauds Board-Certified Teachers; Looks to Increase Numbers," June 7, 2002; list of certified teachers; related correspondence; handwritten notes

Agenda; "Where We Stand" column by Al Shanker; NYSUT press release, "Strategy Session Looks to Boost Count of 'Master Teachers,'" March 8, 2001

Concluding report of NYSUT Celebration and Conference for National Board Certified Teachers; related correspondence

List of National Board Certified teachers, 2002-2001; memo to participants in Legislative Information Day, reviewing planned activities; list of Senate and Assembly members

Flyer, "NEA-AFT Merger: How Does Al Shanker Really Feel About It?" December 20, 1982; printed NYSUT publication, "What Price Quotas?" n.d., c. 1975; text of merger agreement; NYSUT publication, "Everything you always wanted to know about Merger�but didn't know whom to ask," n.d.; question-and-answer sheet, "The New York Merger," prepared for 1972 AFT convention; final report of the 1986 Convention of the National Education Association, July 1-6, 1986; testimony of Terry Herndon, president of Citizens Against Nuclear War (CAN) before the Platform Committee of the Democratic Party, New York, NY, April 9, 1984; articles from Commentary and Wall Street Journal contrasting ideological differences between NEA and AFT, with cover letters from NYSUT/AFT officials, February. March 1983; highly critical NEA report on the Twelfth Constitutional Convention of the AFL-CIO, December 8-13, 1977; examples of other NEA anti-AFL-CIO flyers

Booklet by AFT, "AFT-NEA: The Crucial Differences," n.d; NEA documents re layoffs in teaching staffs, 1976, and related issues

List of NYSUT disaffiliated locals, April 16, 1976; NYSUT financial statement as of March 31, 1976; letter from NYSUT president Hobart to local presidents, encouraging them to urge members to vote to withdraw from NEA, January 6, 1976; letter from Buffalo Teachers Federation to local officers urging voting against disaffiliation from NEA, December 23, 1975; unsigned one-page document, "Who Declared War?" blaming Al Shanker; related documents; handwritten notes

Letter from NEA to Toni Cortese requesting return of financial disclosure form, consistent with conflict of interest policy developed by Board of Directors, August 30, 1974; minutes of NEA Board of Directors meeting of February 15-17, 1994; text of remarks by Cortese to NEA Board meeting, December 12-14, 1975; photocopied pages from NEA handbook, 1973 and 1974-75; letter from NYSUT president Hobart to Cortese, expressing concern over NEA actions in Florida, April 25, 1974; handwritten notes

Minutes and resolutions; open letter to NYSUT Board of Directors from organization, Teacher Democracy, decrying proposed split from NEA, November 17, 1975; related correspondence; handwritten notes

AFT memo re NEA position re relationship with organized labor, January 2, 1986; flyer for organizing meeting for NYSUT delegates re organizing a new association; related flyer explaining plans; printed campaign booklet for Cortese and Walter Tice for NEW Executive Committee; handwritten notes

Printed publication, Teaching and Learning Research Grants Information Package, by the National Institute of Education, fiscal year 1983

Agenda for NCLB Task Force; AFT brochure, "NCLB: Let's Get It Right". See also: Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

Agenda and materials; AFT report, "No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) Information Update," July 14, 2004

Draft resolution on No Child Left Behind, with handwritten edits

Summary meeting notes

Press release, "Statement by New York State United Teachers on So-Called 'Failing' Schools"

"No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Information Update," prepared for the AFT Teachers Divisional Meeting 2004 Convention, July 14, 2004; letter from Council of State Governments, inviting AFT president Sandra Feldman to panel discussion on No Child Left Behind at annual meeting of council's Eastern Conference, April; 26, 2004; talking points for Toni Cortese at Council of State Governments, Eastern Regional Conference, August 10; presentation slides; article from Education Week re Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's changing position on No Child Left Behind; article from Washington Monthly re Kerry position; articles from New York Times and other newspapers; handwritten notes; letter from Antonia Cortese to U.S. Department of Education responding to Request for Comments on proposed Title I regulations re Limited English Proficiency students

Status report by the Education Commission of the States, "Building on Progress: How Ready Are States to Implement President Bush's Education Plan?" January 2001; U.S. Department of Education/White House publication, "What to Know & Where to Go: Parents' Guide to No Child Left Behind," noting "Never in the history of human civilization has any society attempted to educate all of its children," noting that as goal, elsewhere noting that home-schooled children were exempt from all testing requirements, with cover letter to Cortese from State Farm Insurance re Education Excellence program, May 30, 2002

Copies of NYSUT Constitution and Bylaws, 2003 and 2004; Constitution, 1988-1997

Reference book of civil rights, educational, lobbying, women's, church, and union organizations

Chronological correspondence

Chronological correspondence

Correspondence re testing issues, substitute teacher shortage, analysis of gubernatorial candidate and NYS comptroller H. Carl McCall's education platform; report of the UFT Task Force on School Governance

Signed personal notes from Hillary Rodham Clinton, thanking NYSUT for support in Senate campaign, July-August 2000; routine correspondence

List of members; Responses of the New York State United Teachers and the National Education Association-New York to the Selected Positions of the Regents' Task Force on Teaching: Report Dated September 17, 1997; joint policy statements by AFT and NEA re school infrastructure, teacher quality, discipline, and joint activities, 9/9/97

Memo re joint workshop on academic standards, June 16, with project outline; confidential draft of responses to Regents recommendations

Meeting agenda; list of attendees; facilitative correspondence; handwritten notes

Meeting agenda; list of members of Joint Council; AFT/NEA Outstanding Issues. 1/24/98, including mission statement and rationale for merger; joint progress report on AFT/NEA unity talks, January 21, 1998; joint policy statements by AFT and NEA re school infrastructure, teacher quality, discipline; material on AFT/NEA national collaboration, with cover memo, including statements by respective presidents, November 7, 1997

Transcription of notes on newsprint pad taken at Joint Council session

Draft versions of "report cards" for evaluating elementary and secondary school performance, supplied to NYSUT by the State Education Department, June 13, 1996; minority report by Toni Cortese to the report of the Ad Hoc Committee for National Board Certified Teachers, June 12, 1996; recommendations of the NYSUT Task Force on Elementary School Standards, 1996; letter from Cortese to Gov. George Pataki outlining NYSUT's position on high academic standards, March 19, 1996; confidential memo to Cortese from NYSUT general counsel expressing concern for increased litigation over removal of disruptive students from classroom under proposed Safe Schools Act, April 30, 1996; correspondence on wide range of issues

Materials and scripts re radio actuality service (pre-recorded messages on topical issues)

Program; list of participants; information on community and political action, bargaining strategies, managing student behavior; strategies for paraprofessionals

List of participants; routine correspondence

Program; list of participants; information on legal issues, certification requirements, health care reform

Conference program; list of participants; materials for presentations by field and legal services, research and educational services, legislative/political action/VOTE/COPE, and other departments; printed publications, "What Every New Member Should Know," revised 2001; "Local Leaders' Guide to Research and Educational Services," 2001-2002

Program agenda; related materials

Convention program; 1999 Constitution; text of introduction by Cortese; preconference lists, correspondence; packet information re charter schools, educational issues

Constitution; facilitative correspondence

Lists of locals; correspondence

Program and evaluation

Agenda; information on field services, research and educational services, computer services, member benefits, governance, and related matters

List of participants; materials re legislative and political action, VOTE/COPE, related matters

Program; materials re current education reform issues, legal issues affecting school related personnel, new member programs

Program agenda; presentation materials, including defamation seminar by general counsel; health insurance information, education reform issues

Program; list of participants; information on field and legal services, research and educational services, computer services, member benefits, governance, and related matters

Resolutions; minutes of Ad Hoc Task Force on Leadership Development, March 10, 1992; survey of teacher center, February 1992; proposed resolutions; minutes of Credentials Committee

Correspondence; notes from Credential Committee, March 22, 1991

Agenda for Credentials Committee; related materials

Proposed resolutions and amendments; Credentials Committee report

Computer printout of list of delegates

Computer printout of list of delegates