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.
State of the Union Address
Posted January 31st, 2011 by jhelpap
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In this speech at the 73rd Convention of the American Federation of Teachers, Shanker addresses several key issues including; the AFT/NEA merger talks, Bill Clinton's term as president, health care reform, school vouchers, charter schools and the fight about full inclusion for children with special needs.
Location:
Anaheim, CASize:
14 pagesDate:
1994-07-16AFT Convention 1994: State of the Union Speech
Posted March 13th, 2009 by jruss
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Location:
Anaheim, CASize:
14 pagesDate:
1994-07-16School Safety Conference Address
Posted March 13th, 2009 by jruss
Location:
Washington, D.C.Size:
14 pagesDate:
1995-02-03Hebrew Union College-University of Cincinnati (HUC-UC): “Preparing Teachers for the Twenty-First Century Schools”
Posted March 6th, 2009 by jruss
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In this speech, toward the end of Al Shanker's life, he retreats somewhat from his earlier rousing calls to innovation and reform. He believes educational experimentation should continue, but since a new model has not been determined, he argues that we should revisit the old model and examine how we can improve it. He suggests looking at educational systems in other countries which operate basically in the same way in terms of having classrooms with teachers largely lecturing students. read more »
Location:
Cincinnati, OHSize:
9 pagesDate:
1995-03-13