Our comments on the March 2016 amendment to the 5 year capital plan, submitted to the Panel for Education Policy May 17, 2016. A PDF can be found here. Comments on the March 2016 five-year capital plan The number of new seats in the proposed March 2016 five-year capital plan has increased since last year’s […]
May 11, 2016 Dear Friend, 1. We’re holding our annual “Skinny” award dinner on Thursday June 9, presenting a Lifetime Achievement award to Juan Gonzalez, investigative reporter, who just retired from the NY Daily News. Juan has done more than any other human being to uncover corruption in city spending and the charter school sector, […]
May 6, 2016 Dear Friend, For those who couldn’t make it, our Education forum with Chancellor Betty Rosa and reporter Juan Gonzalez at George Washington HS tonight will be live streamed tonight starting at 6 PM at www.stopmotionsolo.tv. We will also try to post the video online afterwards. Have a good weekend, Leonie Haimson Executive […]
May 2, 2016 Dear Friend, Welcome back from spring break! 1. Reminder: this Friday, May 6 at 6 PM, the new NY Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa will be speaking about her vision to transform education in NYC and throughout the state, with investigative report Juan González moderating. This event is co-sponsored by CEC6, CB12M Youth […]
On Friday May 6, Dr. Betty Rosa, the new Chancellor of the NY Board of Regents, spoke about her vision to transform our public schools. Juan Gonzalez, investigative reporter, moderated and asked questions. Dr. Rosa is an experienced and eloquent former NYC principal and Superintendent who has been critical of many aspects of the status […]
April 27, 2016 Dear Friend, Two exciting events coming up soon: 1. On Friday May 6, Dr. Betty Rosa, the new Chancellor of the NY Board of Regents, will be speaking about her vision to transform our public schools. Juan Gonzalez, investigative reporter, will moderate and ask questions. Dr. Rosa is an experienced and […]
Leonie Haimson presented at the Connecticut Education Association Informational Forum on Student Privacy & Data Mining on January 21, 2016. You can watch Leonie’s presentation via Connecticut Network, here and view her power point below as well as download the PDF here.
April 11, 2016 Dear Friend, Clearly there were many problems with this year’s NY state ELA exams. These included overly long, dense and grade-inappropriate reading passages with numerous typos, abstruse vocabulary and confusing questions; commercial product placements; reading passages drawn from Pearson test prep materials; missing or mislabeled pages in test booklets: and children taking […]
The following is a testimony submitted by Leonie Haimson on April 8, 2016 to the New York City Council Committee on Governmental Operations. You can download the PDF here.
April 3, 2016 Dear Friend, It’s that time of year: Starting Tuesday, public school students throughout the state will be subjected to three days of the burdensome, stressful, overly long, confusing and poorly constructed ELA exams. The math exams will be held from April 13 –15. (Schedule here.) Check out our blog for some of the numerous reasons you should consider opting […]
Sign here to urge NYC to implement a real, multi-year strategy to lower class size, as the law intends, without exempting up to half or more of all students.
Talk out of School radio show and podcast airs Sunday night at 7 PM on WBAI 99.5 FM or online at www.wbai.org when Leonie Haimson and Daniel Alicea interview guests and discuss issues affecting public schools in NYC, the state level and nationally. You can stream or subscribe to the podcast here; or at iTunes, Spotify or Google.
We held our annual Skinny award dinner Wed. June 28, 2023, honoring Rep. Jamaal Bowman, former Bronx principal and now a progressive trailblazer who is fighting in Congress to protect and improve our public schools. More photos on Facebook .
