Expand All Collapse All Extent 213 folders, approximately 17,796 pages Summary This collection consists of Gaynor McCown’s Domestic Policy Council Subject series of records related to education accomplishments, student loans, state partnerships, safe and drug free schools, budget, youth initiatives, community outreach, reinventing government, and student organizations. This collection consists of talking points, reports, publications, draft legislation, memoranda, articles, correspondence, email, schedules, meeting agendas, speech transcripts, and handwritten notes Scope and Content Note Within the Domestic Policy Council, Gaynor McCown was a White House Fellow from 1993-1994 and Senior Policy Analyst from 1995-1996. During her time as a White House Fellow, McCown was Special Assistant to the Secretary of Education and spent much of her time planning meetings and conferences between federal agencies, community leaders, and education organizations as well as attending education conferences and traveling to events to assist Secretary Richard Riley. As a Senior Policy Analyst for the Domestic Policy Council, McCown worked primarily with Education issues and assisted Carol Rasco as an education speech writer and event coordinator. McCown continued her work in Education advocacy after leaving the White House and served as the founding executive director of the Teaching Commission until her death in 2005. This series of Subject Files highlights topics relating to education accomplishments, student loans, state partnerships, safe and drug free schools, budget, youth initiatives, community outreach, reinventing government, and student organizations. The records include talking points, fact sheets, reports, publications, draft legislation, memoranda, articles, correspondence to and from organizations and community leaders that focus on education issues, email, schedules, meeting agendas, speech transcripts, and handwritten notes. Record Type Textual System of Arrangement Records of this series were found in Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files, Domestic Policy Council. This series is arranged alphabetically Access Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 USC 2201) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 USC 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or part in accordance with legal exemptions. Copyright Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States government as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Researchers are advised to consult the copyright law of the United States (17 USC, 101) which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Provenance Official records of William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency are housed at the Clinton Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA). Subject Headings Education Processed by Staff Archivist, 2011. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released. Container List Following is a list of folders processed: Box 1 Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files Domestic Policy Council McCown, Gaynor Subject Files Accomplishment Book [1] [OA/ID 7384] Accomplishment Book [2] [OA/ID 7384] Accomplishment Book [3] [OA/ID 7384] ACE Speech [American Council on Education] [OA/ID 7384] Agricultural Education [OA/ID 7384] [America's Challenge: Background on President Clinton's State of the Union Address to Congress, January 23, 1996] [OA/ID 7332] Appropriations Bill 10/95 [OA/ID 7384] [Association of Community College Trustees] [1] [OA/ID 7384] [Association of Community College Trustees] [2] [OA/ID 7384] Box 2 [Avance - Family Support and Education Programs] [Binder] [OA/ID 7325] Back to School [1] [OA/ID 7385] Back to School [2] [OA/ID 7385] [Baltimore Visit - About Baltimore and Maryland] [OA/ID 7383] [Baltimore Visit - Education] [OA/ID 7383] [Baltimore Visit - Empower Baltimore] [OA/ID 7383] [Baltimore Visit - Health, Social Services and Welfare] [OA/ID 7383] [Baltimore Visit - Housing] [Empty] [OA/ID 7383] [Baltimore Visit - Housing, Community Development, Empower Baltimore and Juvenile Justice] [Empty][OA/ID 7383] [Baltimore Visit - Overview] [OA/ID 7383] [Baltimore Visit - Sandtown/Winchester] [OA/ID 7383] [Baltimore Visit - The Youth Build Coalition][OA/ID 7383] [The Bell Curve] [OA/ID 7330] Box 3 [Benchmarks] [OA/ID 7324] [Benton Foundation] [OA/ID 7324] Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files Domestic Policy Council McCown, Gaynor Subject Files Bilingual Education [OA/ID 7384] [Board on Children and Families, February 10-11, 1994] [Binder] [1] [OA/ID 7325] [Board on Children and Families, February 10-11, 1994] [Binder] [2] [OA/ID 7325] [Budget Talking Points] [OA/ID 7329] [Building Communities - Together, Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities] [Binder] [OA/ID 7328] [Building Communities - Together, Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities] [Binder] [1] [OA/ID 7332] Box 4 [Building Communities - Together, Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities] [Binder] [2] [OA/ID 7332] [Building Communities - Together, Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities] [Binder] [3] [OA/ID 7332] [Business Principles] [OA/ID 7385] Carnegie Starting Points [OA/ID 7384] [Casey Family Services - Carol Rasco] [OA/ID 7384] Center for Social Concerns [OA/ID 7385] Character Counts [1] [OA/ID 7385] Character Counts [2] [OA/ID 7385] Character Education [OA/ID 7384] [Chicago] [OA/ID 7385] Child Care [OA/ID 7326] Box 5 [Child Care] [Binder] [OA/ID 7323] [Child Care] [Binder] [1] [OA/ID 7331] [Child Care] [Binder] [2] [OA/ID 7331] [Child Care Headlines] [1] [OA/ID 7384] [Child Care Headlines] [2] [OA/ID 7384] [Child Welfare] [OA/ID 7326] [The Children's Aid Society] [OA/ID 7330] [Common Ground - Renewing Communities Through Citizenship, Background Reading] [Binder] [OA/ID 7383] Communitarian Network [OA/ID 7384] Box 6 Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files Domestic Policy Council McCown, Gaynor Subject Files Comprehensive Community Initiatives [OA/ID 7384] [Comprehensive Strategies for Children and Families] [OA/ID 7332] [The Condition of Education 1995] [Binder] [1] [OA/ID 7323] [The Condition of Education 1995] [Binder] [2] [OA/ID 7323] Connecticut [OA/ID 7384] [Department of Health and Human Services] [OA/ID 7384] [Direct Lending] [OA/ID 7322] Direct Lending [1] [OA/ID 7384] Direct Lending [2] [OA/ID 7384] Box 7 Direct Lending [3] [OA/ID 7384] Disability [OA/ID 7384] [Drug and Gun Free Schools] [OA/ID 7324] Ed Program [OA/ID 7322] ED Summit [OA/ID 7385] Education [1] [OA/ID 7321] Education [2] [OA/ID 7321] Education [3] [OA/ID 7321] Education Alert [1] [OA/ID 7385] Box 8 Education Alert [2] [OA/ID 7385] [Education and the Reemployment Act] [OA/ID 7329] [Education Related Loose Materials] [OA/ID 7330] [The Education Summit - A Fortune Magazine Seminar, Washington, D.C., September 19-21, 1993] [1] [OA/ID 7328] [The Education Summit - A Fortune Magazine Seminar, Washington, D.C., September 19-21, 1993] [2] [OA/ID 7328] [Education Strategy Meetings] [OA/ID 7322] [Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities] [OA/ID 7322] E2/EC Process - Foundation Involvement [Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities] [OA/ID 7385] [External Review Panel Meeting, January 26, 1995] [OA/ID 7330] Family Research Project - Harvard [OA/ID 7321] Box 9 Federal Investment in Education [OA/ID 7384] Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files Domestic Policy Council McCown, Gaynor Subject Files [Fiscal Year 1996 Budget Planning Meeting Background Information] [Binder] [OA/ID 7323] [Fiscal Year 1997 Budget – Spring Review on Program Performance] [Binder] [1] [OA/ID 7331] [Fiscal Year 1997 Budget – Spring Review on Program Performance] [Binder] [2] [OA/ID 7331] [Foundation for the Mid South] [OA/ID 7322] Furlough [OA/ID 7384] [General Accounting Office Report] [OA/ID 7324] General/Budget Working Group [OA/ID 7384] Global Education [OA/ID 7384] Goals 2000 [OA/ID 7384] [Government Relations] [OA/ID 7329] [Guides to Comprehensive Family Support Services] [OA/ID 7321] HBCUs [Historically Black Colleges and Universities] [OA/ID 7384] Box 10 Healthy Start [OA/ID 7384] [Higher Education Amendments of 1992] [OA/ID 7322] [Human Stories Behind the Proposed Budget Cuts] [OA/ID 7332] [Indiana Collaboration Summit Site Visit April 21 and 22, 1994] [1] [OA/ID 7322] [Indiana Collaboration Summit Site Visit April 21 and 22, 1994] [2] [OA/ID 7322] [Individual Education Accounts – Design of Income Contingent (or Pay-as-You Can) Plan] [Binder] [OA/ID 7325] [Innovations in Education and Training Session] [OA/ID 7333] The International Center for Residential Education [OA/ID 7330] Interns [OA/ID 7385] Junior League [OA/ID 7384 [Kennedy Krieger Institute][OA/ID 7325] List [OA/ID 7322] [Local Flexibility Act] [OA/ID 7384] [Loose Material on Education] [OA/ID 7326] [Loose Material on Various Topics] [OA/ID 7326] [Loose Material Related to Crime and Education] [OA/ID 7333] Box 11 [Meeting Notes] [OA/ID 7323] [Memo Regarding Site Recommendation] [OA/ID 7330] Mentoring [OA/ID 7385] Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files Domestic Policy Council McCown, Gaynor Subject Files [Minnesota] [1] [OA/ID 7321] [Minnesota] [2] [OA/ID 7321] [Minnesota] [3] [OA/ID 7321] [Minnesota] [4] [OA/ID 7321] Misc./Unsorted Files [1] [OA/ID 7385] Misc./Unsorted Files [2] [OA/ID 7385] Box 12 NACO Conference [National Association of Counties] [OA/ID 7322] [National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities] [OA/ID 7385] National Board for Professional Teaching Standards [OA/ID 7385] [National Consensus Building Conference on School-Linked Integrated Service Systems, January 23-24, 1994] [Binder] [OA/ID 7328] [National Commission on Drug-Free Schools] [Binder] [1] [OA/ID 7323] [National Commission on Drug-Free Schools] [Binder] [2] [OA/ID 7323] [National Education Goals] [OA/ID 7330] [National Education Goals Panel Meeting, January 28, 1995] [Binder] [1] [OA/ID 7330] [National Education Goals Panel Meeting, January 28, 1995] [Binder] [1] [OA/ID 7330] Box 13 [National Education Goals Panel Meeting, July 29, 1995] [1] [OA/ID 7325] [National Education Goals Panel Meeting, July 29, 1995] [2] [OA/ID 7325] [National Education Goals Panel Meeting, July 29, 1995] [Binder] [OA/ID 7325] [National Governor’s Association Summit] [OA/ID 7330] [National Teacher of the Year Ceremony] [OA/ID 7326] [National Public Radio “Teacher Talk” Proposal] [OA/ID 7322] NEGP [National Education Goals Panel] [OA/ID 7385] New Mexico [OA/ID 7385] NGA Meeting – Jan. 31 [National Governors Association] [OA/ID 7383] Box 14 [Oregon] [1] [OA/ID 7322] [Oregon] [2] [OA/ID 7322] [Oregon] [3] [OA/ID 7322] [Oregon] [OA/ID 7331] Ounce of Prevention Council [OA/ID 7385] [Pacific Rim Economic Conference – Briefing Book for the Cabinet] [Binder] [1] [OA/ID 7325] Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files Domestic Policy Council McCown, Gaynor Subject Files [Pacific Rim Economic Conference – Briefing Book for the Cabinet] [Binder] [2] [OA/ID 7325] Box 15 [Perkins Readings Master] [Binder] [1] [OA/ID 7328] [Perkins Readings Master] [Binder] [2] [OA/ID 7328] [Pediatric and Geriatric Day Care] [OA/ID 7384] [Postcard] [OA/ID 7331] [President Clinton’s Remarks to Students at Emory University, March 28, 1995] [OA/ID 7333] [The President’s Briefing Book, July 10, 1995 Family Reunion IV – The Family and the Media] [Binder] [OA/ID 7328] [Presidential Letter Request Form] [OA/ID 7385] [Public Education Fund Network] [OA/ID 7325] [Public Education Fund Network] [1] [OA/ID 7385] [Public Education Fund Network] [2] [OA/ID 7385] [Public Education Fund Network] [3] [OA/ID 7385] Box 16 [Public Education Fund Network] [4] [OA/ID 7385] [Public Education Fund Network] [5] [OA/ID 7385] Pueblo [OA/ID 7385] [Regulatory Policy Review] [Binder] [OA/ID 7330] [Regulatory Reinvention at the U.S. Department of Education [1] [OA/ID 7331] [Regulatory Reinvention at the U.S. Department of Education [2] [OA/ID 7331] [Regulatory Reinvention at the U.S. Department of Education [Binder] [OA/ID 7325] Box 17 [Responding to Child Neglect and Abuse] [OA/ID 7321] [Rural Education Conference] [OA/ID 7330] [Safe and Drug-Free Schools Recognition Ceremony] [OA/ID 7324] Safe Haven – Chicago [OA/ID 7384] Sallie Mae [1] [OA/ID 7321] Sallie Mae [2] [OA/ID 7321] Sallie Mae [3] [OA/ID 7321] Sallie Mae [4] [OA/ID 7321] [School Linked Comprehensive Services Meeting, July 14-15, 1994] [OA/ID 7383] School Reform [OA/ID 7385] Box 18 Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files Domestic Policy Council McCown, Gaynor Subject Files School to Work [OA/ID 7385] [Small Agency Review – Session 2, 22 February 1995] [Binder] [OA/ID 7328] [Small Agency Review – Session 3, 27 February 1995] [Binder] [1] [OA/ID 7328] [Small Agency Review – Session 3, 27 February 1995] [Binder] [2] [OA/ID 7328] [Small Agency Review – Session 4, March 2, 1995] [Binder] [OA/ID 7323] [Small Agency Review – Session 5] [Binder] [1] [OA/ID 7325] Box 19 [Small Agency Review – Session 5] [Binder] [2] [OA/ID 7325] [Small Agency Review – Session 6] [Binder] [OA/ID 7325] [Small Agency Review – Session 7, March 8, 1995] [Binder] [OA/ID 7328] [Small Agency Review – Session 9, March 15, 1995] [Binder] [1] [OA/ID 7328] [Small Agency Review – Session 9, March 15, 1995] [Binder] [2] [OA/ID 7328] [Small Agency Review – Session 10, March 20, 1995] [Binder] [OA/ID 7328] [Small Agency Review – Session 11] [Binder] [OA/ID 7331] Box 20 South Africa [OA/ID 7324] State/Local Initiatives [1] [OA/ID 7322] State/Local Initiatives [2] [OA/ID 7322] State/Local Initiatives [3] [OA/ID 7322] [State of the Union 1995 Cabinet Briefing Book] [Binder] [OA/ID 7329] Stationary [OA/ID 7385] Student Groups [1] [OA/ID 7385] Student Groups [2] [OA/ID 7385] Box 21 Student Loans [1] [OA/ID 7321] Student Loans [2] [OA/ID 7321] Student Loans [3] [OA/ID 7321] Student Loans [OA/ID 7385] [Supplemental Briefing Materials National Governor’s Association Meeting December 8, 1994] [Binder] [OA/ID 7323] Talking Points [OA/ID 7385] Technology [Empty] [OA/ID 7385] Title One [Empty] [OA/ID 7385] To Do Folder [Empty] [OA/ID 7330] Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files Domestic Policy Council McCown, Gaynor Subject Files [Treatment Foster Care and the Foster Family-based Treatment Association] [OA/ID 7325] [The Tuition Tax Deduction Act of 1995] [OA/Id 7327] University of Illinois S. [September] 11 [OA/ID 7385] USCM [United States Conference of Mayors] [OA/ID 7322] Welfare Reform [OA/ID 7385] Box 22 [Welfare Reform] [OA/ID 7330] WHF [White House Fellows] – Recruitment [OA/ID 7385] White House Fellows [OA/ID 7322] [White House Working Meeting on Partnerships for Stronger Families] [Folder 1] [OA/ID 7332] [White House Working Meeting on Partnerships for Stronger Families] [Folder 2] [OA/ID 7332] Work Study [OA/ID 7385] Youth Development Block Grants [OA/ID 7385] Youth Initiative [1] [OA/ID 7385] Youth Initiative [2] [OA/ID 7385]