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August 10, 1992. Talking points and background on the report of the AFT Futures Committee; proposed resolutions; agenda

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November 16-20, 1992. Draft list of AFT priorities for national legislation and union goals; convention questionnaire; handwritten notes

Scope and Contents List of AFT Executive Council committees and members 1992-94; budget proposal and financial statement, April 30, 1992; resolution for joint organizing coalition, State of Kentucky State Employee Organizing Campaign; draft policy paper, U.S. Education: The Task before Us; draft for discussion on incentives and accountability; other discussion papers; questionnaire re role of Executive Council in union; highlights of AFT national focus groups, by Peter D. Hart Research Associates, winter 1991;...

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June 2-3, 1992. California constitutional amendment, The Parental Choice in Education Initiative, November 19, 1991; resolution re universal pension coverage; resolution, “Toward World-Class Standards: Preparing Tomorrow’s Workforce”; fact sheets re health care expenditures, reform proposals

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February 11-12, 1992. Chart of AFT funding proposals; memo proposing a national program to address the needs of children in crisis, January 30, 1992; handwritten notes

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October 22-23, 1991. Memo re special meeting of the Education and Research Committee of the Executive Council, October 22, 1991; Executive Council survey results in graph format; sample of one filled-out survey, October 1991; draft discussion paper, Preliminary Recommendations of the AFT Futures Committee, September 24, 1991, with cover memo

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November 19, 1992. Report and proposal, “Democracy’s Untold Story: What World History Textbooks Neglect,” by Paul A. Gagnon, sponsored by the Education for Democracy Project, published by American Federation of Teachers; press releases, newspaper clippings, and related materials

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May 1-3, 1981. Conference program brochure; sample of contract language on school discipline; sample discipline codes from state departments of education; resource paper on student crime, “Rights and Regulations: Who’s Keeping Discipline in the Schools?” May 3, 1981; article reprint from the Public Interest, “Crime in American Public Schools,” winter 1980

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April 8-10, 1983. Conference program brochure; resource papers on a variety of issues; Report of the 65th Annual Convention of the American Federation of Teachers, July 6-9, 1981; AFT issues papers: “Standards, Curriculum and Testing,” “Student Discipline,” “Teacher Preparation and Certification,” “Elementary and Secondary Teacher Evaluation,” “Teacher recruitment and Early career incentives”;

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Routine correspondence