Guide to the Coalition for Education in District 1 Records (Community School District 1 (New York, N.Y.), 1970s

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Guide to the Coalition for Education in District 1 Records (Community School District 1 (New York, N.Y.), 1970s

1970s

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The Coalition for Education in District 1 (Lower East Side, New York, N.Y.) was an organization of parents and teachers in the district concerned with various education and school employment issues in the district. The collection contains correspondence, flyers, newsletters, and other documents produced by the Coalition particularly in reference to school board elections, parents associations, racial issues, and boycotts. There are some photographs. The Coalition opposed the slates of candidates endorsed by the United Federation of Teachers, and many of their policies and political positions.

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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United Parents Associations (New York, N.Y.).

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Coalition for Education in District 1 (Community School District 1 (New York, N.Y.).

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The Coalition for Education in District 1 (Lower East Side, New York, N.Y.) was an organization of parents and teachers in the district concerned with various education and school employment issues in the district. From the guide to the Coalition for Education in District 1 Records (Community School District 1 (New York, N.Y.), 1970s, (Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive) ...

Community School District 1 (New York, N.Y.).

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United Federation of Teachers

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