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Box 1

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Contains 57 Results:

AFT LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) 6/30/05, 2005

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents

Printed program for 76th LULAC National Convention, "Emerging Latino Communities: Strengthening America," June 27-July 2, 2005; presentation transparencies and disk for session on No Child Left Behind, "Education Policy Today: A Report Card on Latinos"; flyers re No Child Left Behind; AFT policy brief, "NCLB: Its Problems, Its Promise," July 2004; English and Spanish versions of brochure, "Pathways to Success: An AFT Guide for Parents"

Dates: 2005

AFT NALEO (National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials) June 23-25, 2005, 2005

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents

Correspondence re NALEO 22nd Annual Conference; presentation transparencies and disk re No Child Left Behind; AFT policy brief, "NCLB: Its Problems, Its Promise," July 2004

Dates: 2005

AFT NEAFT Partnership Joint Council, 2005

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents

Joint communiqu about seventh meeting, held on March 17

Dates: 2005

AFT No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Task Force 9/28/05, 2005

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents Letter from Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney to the state legislature with attached Act to Reform Education, September 22, 2005; policy brief by National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing: "Fixing the NCLB Accountability System," summer 2005; memo from NYSUT executive vice president Toni Cortese re materials for NCLB Task Force meeting, including outline of questions to be discussed, September 21, 2005; spreadsheet, NCLB Continues to Challenge...
Dates: 2005

AFT NCLB Task Force Meeting 5/3/05, 2005

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents

Agenda; background materials, including Center on Education Policy report, articles re tutoring, restructuring from Education Week, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, National Journal, Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago Tribune; article by AFT president Edward McElroy, "NCLB's Unintended Consequences," in American Teacher, May/June 2005; AFT list of NCLB restructuring strategies; AFT booklet, "Redesigning Low- Performing Schools: It's Union Work," 2001

Dates: 2005

AFT NCLB Action Agenda 2005, 2005

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents

Bound "AFT Action Agenda for the No Child Left Behind Act, prepared for AFT Pre-K- 12 Local Presidents," March 2005; press release, "NCLB Let's Get it Right: Union Announces National Campaign to Educate Public and Elected Leaders on Improving the No Child Left Behind Law," May 19, 2005

Dates: 2005

AFT NCLB Task Force 2/24/05, 2005

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents Agenda; minutes of NYSUT Task Force on Value-Added Accountability/Assessment, February 9, 2005; copy of Time cover story, "What Teachers Hate about Parents," February 21, 2005; newsletter, Title I Report: Compensatory Education's Comprehensive News Source, January 2005; Federal Funds Information to States VIP Series lists of grants to states, February 2005; list of funding shortfalls by state, from Office of the Democratic House Leader, "Republicans Break Their Promise on Education Funding,"...
Dates: 2005

AFT Paraprofessionals and School-Related Personnel Conference March 31 - April 3, 2005, 2005

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents

Tentative 28th annual PSRP conference schedule: "Moving the Union On"

Dates: 2005

AFT Teachers Program and Policy Council Meeting 5/19-20/05, 2005

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents

Agenda; chair's report; related meeting materials re charter schools, secondary school reform, English Language Learners; AFT press release re No Child Left Behind. See also (NYSUT) Policy Council.

Dates: 2005

AFT Teachers Program and Policy Council Meeting 10/20-21/05, 2005

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents Agenda; chair's report; related meeting materials; AFT draft resolution on English Language Learners, October 4, 2005; draft resolution on elevating the practitioner voice in secondary school reform; list of members of AFT Program & Policy Council, 2005-2006; letter to Rep. John Boehner, chair of Committee on Education and the Workforce, from AFT president Edward McElroy, opposing Family Education Reimbursement Accounts, asserting that it would divert needed funds away from victims of...
Dates: 2005