March 30, 2016 Dear Friend, 1. In a few weeks, the Network for Public Education will hold our annual conference in Raleigh NC from April 16-17. Among the keynote speakers will be Diane Ravitch, Rev. William Barber and author Bob Herbert. I will be leading two workshops, one on student privacy and the other on real “Personalized Learning”, […]
Originally Presented March 24, 2016 Uncovering lies, fraud & waste of #corpreform: Strategies and Lessons Learned – Presentation for NPE Action/Edubloggers Webinar
The following are presentations on student privacy and online learning for 2015-16. You can learn more about these issues at the The Parent Coalition For Student Privacy website. “The Fight for Student Privacy Post-InBloom” (NPE conference, 4/16/16) Online Learning vs. Class Size Reduction: Which is real “personalized learning” with research behind it (NPE conference, […]
March 21, 2016 Dear Friend, 1. Dr. Betty Rosa was just voted as Chancellor of the New York Board of Regents. She is a former teacher, principal and Superintendent from the Bronx, and will be a voice for social justice, for smaller classes, for all those programs that children need for a truly equitable chance at success. She […]
March 9, 2016 Dear Friend, Yesterday the City Council Education Committee held hearings on the still underfunded DOE capital plan for school construction and repair. Check out our blog here for our testimony and DOE responses to Council Members’ probing questions; here is the NY 1 story. Thanks especially to the many parent and community leaders who […]
March 7, 2016 Dear Friend, 1. Update on student privacy: Deputy Commissioner Beth Berlin has assured us that no personally identifiable information will be collected as a result of the new NYSED Gates grant, and no data will be linked to any pre-existing personal information that the state has already collected. She also said that it […]
February 26, 2016 Dear Friend, Our schools are more overcrowded than ever! We need a bigger capital plan to build more schools AND to fix the broken school planning process. Class sizes are growing, countless schools have lost their art, music, and science rooms, and too many special needs students receive their services in […]
The following is a testimony presented before the City Council Education Committee during the expense budget hearing for FY 2017 on March 16, 2016. A PDF can be downloaded here. Testimony before the City Council Education Committee On the Department of Education’s proposed expense budget for FY 2017 March 16, 2016 Dear Chair Dromm […]
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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 .
