Box 5

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Memo from California Federation of Teachers/AFT re 1983-84 state budget and proposed law re school finance, August 1983; report by California Commission on the Teaching Profession, “Who Will Teach Our Children? A Strategy for Improving California’s Schools,” with cover memo to NYSUT Board of Directors from president Tom Hobart, November 25, 1985

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Agenda for first meeting; note to NYSUT vp Antonia Cortese re serving on Advisory Committee

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Memo re findings of questionnaire on censorship, including punitive action against teaching staff for using banned textbooks/materials, March 17, 1977; packet of newspaper clippings re book selection and banning practices

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Workshop exercise for NYSUT teachers re censorship in education

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Memos from State Education Department to chief executive officers of postsecondary institutions soliciting reactions to proposed changes in Commissioner’s Regulations for certification requirements in various subjects; related correspondence.

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Booklet from the NYS Department of Labor, “A Guide to Seeking Funds from CETA in New York State,” with cover letter, February 1977; letters re individual teacher certification issues

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Booklet, New York Style Certification, n.d.; list of certificates issued, 1973-74; preliminary drafts of hearings on certification held at various districts around the state by NYSUT and the State Education Department, 1972-73; related correspondence

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New York State Teachers Association Certification Task Force Progress Report, August 1972; State Education Department summary of Teacher Education Conference, August 28, 1972; memo re amendments to Commissioner’s Regulations re teaching assistants, July 1969; letters re individual teacher certification issues

Scope and Contents December 20, 1976. Position paper by teachers council, “Certification: A Stormy Future,” December 20, 1976; paper, “Legal Impediments to Teacher Certification: An Overview of Issues Discussed at a Meeting of the Multi-State Consortium,” December 3-5, 1975; unsigned speech to Green Bay Public Schools re inservice education, September 30, 1976; draft of article by NYSUT research director Charles Santelli, “Attacking the Profession,” c. January 1977; New York State Teachers Association memo re...

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January 1, 1980. Background paper, “Teaching Children with Handicapping Conditions,” n.d., c. 1978; related correspondence, 1979