Task Force on Educational Policy, 1989-1990

Memo from NYSUT associate Phil Ellis to NYSUT officials expressing objection of Task Force on Educational Policy to Regents policy statement that all high school graduates should be prepared for work or postsecondary education, June 7, 1989; minutes of task force meeting of May 19-20, 1989, at which objections to policy were discussed; briefing paper to Regents recommending adoption of policy, from Commissioner of Education Tom Sobol, April 5, 1989; letter to Regents from Commissioner Sobol with discussion draft of Regents School Improvement and Accountability Program (RSIAP), February 9, 1989; memo from NYSUT associate Phil Ellis to members of task force re bilingual education policy, May 16, 1989, with attached discussion paper sent to Regents from Education Commissioner; memo from NYC Board of Education re three-year study it conducted showing no significant difference in performance between teachers who had no professional preparation and those who received formal training in education, October 1, 1987; contractual agreements between school districts and teachers associations (Rochester, Syracuse, Port Washington, Port Jefferson, Shenendehowa, Wilson, Orleans-Niagara BOCES, Central Islip, North Babylon); correspondence re recommendations of task force; meeting minutes