37 items found
Collection ID is exactly "40" AND Subject contains "Education--Finance"
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Anonymous Note Urging Commissioner of Education Floyd Christian to Not "Sell Out" Over the Teachers' Strike, 1968

Anonymous Note Urging Commissioner of Education Floyd Christian to Not "Sell Out" Over the Teachers' Strike, 1968

Date
1968-02-24
Description
Anonymous note urging Commissioner of Education Floyd Christian not to "Sell Out" over the teachers' strike.
Collection
Cartoon Depicting Militancy of Florida's Teachers After the 1968 Teacher Strike, 1968

Cartoon Depicting Militancy of Florida's Teachers After the 1968 Teacher Strike, 1968

Date
1968 (circa)
Description
This political cartoon depicts a militant image of Florida's teachers after the 1968 strike.
Collection
FEA Pamphlet Encouraging Members to Meet Their Legislative Representatives, 1967

FEA Pamphlet Encouraging Members to Meet Their Legislative Representatives, 1967

Date
1967 (circa)
Description
This pamphlet includes brief resumes of FEA legislative representatives and a list of priority items to address during upcoming lawmaking session: Increased educations spending, professional negotiations statute, amend teacher continuing contract law, eliminate millage elections and increase minimum payments for retired teachers
Collection
FEA Pamphlet on the Status of Education in Florida Today, 1967

FEA Pamphlet on the Status of Education in Florida Today, 1967

Date
1967 (circa)
Description
This FEA pamphlet provides facts and figures about the state of education in 1967 Florida. It also includes results of a statewide educational survey and urges teachers to contact their legislators.
Collection
FEA Pamphlet, "The Needs of Education in Florida... Today!," 1967

FEA Pamphlet, "The Needs of Education in Florida... Today!," 1967

Date
1967 (circa)
Description
This FEA pamphlet provides facts and figures about the resource deficits in Florida's education system in the year leading up to the 1968 statewide teachers' strike.
Collection
"How Florida Slept," a report on the development of the Florida statewide teacher's strike, 1968

"How Florida Slept," a report on the development of the Florida statewide teacher's strike, 1968

Date
1968 (circa)
Description
This report provides a detailed timeline of the political factors that drove the Florida Education Association to organize a statewide teacher strike in 1968, as well as a timeline of the actual strike and its aftermath.
Collection
Letter from 11th Grade Student to Commissioner of Education Floyd Christian Asking him to Close the Schools Until Strike Ends, 1968

Letter from 11th Grade Student to Commissioner of Education Floyd Christian Asking him to Close the Schools Until Strike Ends, 1968

Date
1968-02-27
Description
"This attempt to impress the teachers with the state's power is a fraud!"
Collection
Letter from "A Most Concerned Parent" to Commissioner of Education Floyd Christian Questioning the Use of Substitutes During Teachers' Strike, 1968

Letter from "A Most Concerned Parent" to Commissioner of Education Floyd Christian Questioning the Use of Substitutes During Teachers' Strike, 1968

Date
1968-02-21
Description
Concerned parent of Gainesville High School students expresses support for striking teachers and questions use of unqualified substitutes. Includes Christian's response.
Collection
Letter from Alabama Peanut Company Owner Edward Anderson to Commissioner of Education Floyd Christian on the Teacher Strike, 1968

Letter from Alabama Peanut Company Owner Edward Anderson to Commissioner of Education Floyd Christian on the Teacher Strike, 1968

Date
1968-02-24
Description
This letter from a Jackson County native and Alabama peanut farmer to Florida Education Commissioner Floyd Christian expressing support for him during 1968 school crisis. Includes newspaper clipping from the Montgomery Advertiser, "strikes against the public."
Collection
Letter from Andrew C. Davenport to Commissioner of Education Floyd Christian Expressing Dissaproval of FEA Teachers' Strike, 1968

Letter from Andrew C. Davenport to Commissioner of Education Floyd Christian Expressing Dissaproval of FEA Teachers' Strike, 1968

Date
1968-02-24
Description
Davenport says "turning our schools over to the FEA will be the greatest mistake you ever made." Includes Christian's response.
Collection
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
s303_b010_f17_83Anonymous Note Urging Commissioner of Education Floyd Christian to Not "Sell Out" Over the Teachers' Strike, 1968TextStrikes and lockouts--Teachers
Education--Finance
Teachers' unions--Florida
Teachers' unions--Officials and employees
Labor unions--Political activity
Education and state--Public opinion
Teachers--Salaries, pensions, etc.
Collective bargaining
Constituent power
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m86-11_b048_f08_01Cartoon Depicting Militancy of Florida's Teachers After the 1968 Teacher Strike, 1968TextStrikes and lockouts--Teachers
Education--Finance
Teachers' unions--Florida
Teachers' unions--Officials and employees
Labor unions--Political activity
/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/m86-11_b048_f08_01.jpg
m86-11_b048_f09_05FEA Pamphlet Encouraging Members to Meet Their Legislative Representatives, 1967TextEducation--Finance
Teachers' unions--Florida
Teachers' unions--Officials and employees
Labor unions--Political activity
Lobbying--Law and legislation
/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/m86-11_b048_f09_05.jpg
m86-11_b048_f09_06FEA Pamphlet on the Status of Education in Florida Today, 1967TextEducation--Finance
Teachers' unions--Florida
Teachers' unions--Officials and employees
Labor unions--Political activity
Lobbying--Law and legislation
/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/m86-11_b048_f09_06.jpg
m86-11_b048_f09_04FEA Pamphlet, "The Needs of Education in Florida... Today!," 1967TextEducation--Finance
Teachers' unions--Florida
Teachers' unions--Officials and employees
Labor unions--Political activity
/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/m86-11_b048_f09_04.jpg
m86-11_b040_f03_01"How Florida Slept," a report on the development of the Florida statewide teacher's strike, 1968TextStrikes and lockouts--Teachers
Education--Finance
Teachers' unions--Florida
Teachers' unions--Officials and employees
Labor unions--Political activity
/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/m86-11_b040_f03_01.jpg
s303_b010_f19_28Letter from 11th Grade Student to Commissioner of Education Floyd Christian Asking him to Close the Schools Until Strike Ends, 1968TextStrikes and lockouts--Teachers
Education--Finance
Teachers' unions--Florida
Teachers' unions--Officials and employees
Labor unions--Political activity
Education and state--Public opinion
Teachers--Salaries, pensions, etc.
Collective bargaining
/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s303_b010_f19_28.jpg
s303_b010_f18_57Letter from "A Most Concerned Parent" to Commissioner of Education Floyd Christian Questioning the Use of Substitutes During Teachers' Strike, 1968TextStrikes and lockouts--Teachers
Education--Finance
Teachers' unions--Florida
Teachers' unions--Officials and employees
Labor unions--Political activity
Education and state--Public opinion
Parent and child--Public opinion
Substitute teachers--Government policy
Teachers--Salaries, pensions, etc.
Collective bargaining
Employees--Resignation
/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s303_b010_f18_57.jpg
s303_b010_f17_05Letter from Alabama Peanut Company Owner Edward Anderson to Commissioner of Education Floyd Christian on the Teacher Strike, 1968TextStrikes and lockouts--Teachers
Teachers--Salaries, pensions, etc.
Education--Finance
Teachers' unions--Florida
Teachers' unions--Officials and employees
Labor unions--Political activity
Education and state--Public opinion
Collective bargaining
/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s303_b010_f17_05.jpg
s303_b010_f17_106Letter from Andrew C. Davenport to Commissioner of Education Floyd Christian Expressing Dissaproval of FEA Teachers' Strike, 1968TextStrikes and lockouts--Teachers
Education--Finance
Teachers' unions--Florida
Teachers' unions--Officials and employees
Labor unions--Political activity
Education and state--Public opinion
Teachers--Salaries, pensions, etc.
Collective bargaining
Constituent power
/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s303_b010_f17_106.jpg