AFT-Speeches
This area of the Reuther's Web site currently encompasses approximately 300, fully transcribed, speeches delivered between 1965 and 1996 by American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President's Charlie Cogen, David Selden and Albert Shanker. The speeches are organized chronologically by date. Please contact Dan Golodner for project details.
Quality Education Standards in Teaching (QuEST): “Asking the Right Questions”
Posted March 13th, 2009 by jruss
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Washington, D.C.Size:
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1989-07-21Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education of the Committee on Education & Labor
Posted February 12th, 2009 by jruss
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Al Shanker urges that the House pass legislation to provide funding for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards so that it might develop a licensing test for teachers similar to licensing tests in other professions. He argues that such a test would improve the quality of teacher training programs as well as providing effective standards for the profession.
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Washington, D.C.Size:
4 pagesDate:
1989-07-25Eyes on the Prize – Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement
Posted February 12th, 2009 by jruss
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In these brief remarks, Al Shanker expresses disappointment in how 'civil rights' have come to mean 'black rights' to the denigration of other minority groups including Jews.
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nationalSize:
3 pagesDate:
1989-08-00National Governor's Association
Posted March 24th, 2010 by jhelpap
This statement was submitted to the National Governor's Assocation in preparation for the White House Education Summit.In it he talks about national goals and standards, assessment and accountability, school infrastructure and technology and school bureaucracy and regulation.
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Washington D.C.Size:
6 PagesDate:
1989-09-13AFT Conference on Racism Address
Posted March 13th, 2009 by jruss
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Washington, D.C.Size:
20 pagesDate:
1989-10-06