Where are NYC schools now? Presentation to NW Bronx for Change May 18, 2013 on class size, school closings, privatization of education, high-stakes testing, and student privacy and inBloom. Download here. [scribd id=143023212 key=key-1gi9jlcyhsjfdb9qazru mode=scroll]
On April 30th we held a Town hall meeting at Brooklyn Borough Hall about the state and city plan to share personally identifiable student information with a corporation called inBloom inc. and other third party vendors. About 150 people showed up, including: two Regents (Regent Kathleen Cashin of Brooklyn and Regent Betty Rosa of the […]
Rally together on June 8 at noon! Download here. Or see below: [scribd id=141905046 key=key-13nvh0ki0xan2zvkg41s mode=scroll]
On May 15, 2013, education activists sent a letter to the New York State Regents and Chancellor, alerting them to the fact that 4 out of 9 states have pulled out of inBloom, Inc, and providing updates on the April 29 Town Hall meeting. Download the letter here. Or read below. [scribd id=141715765 key=key-12auz1a3iocvs9ysw9lh mode=scroll]
Leonie Haimson speaks at Occupy the DOE in Washington D.C., April 2013. Check it out here, or below.
Everyone is welcome to attend our Town Hall Meeting on student privacy & inBloom Inc. April 29, 2013 at 6pm, Brooklyn Borough Hall Download the flyer here. See our fact sheet here.
In English Nosotros, los miembros del Equipo de Liderazgo Escolar (School Leadership Team o SLT) de la Brooklyn New School BNS (PS146) , exigimos una moratoria a los nuevos exámenes estandarizados en el estado de Nueva York. Como padres y maestros, no nos oponemos a los exámenes estandarizados, cuando se utiliza correctamente. Cómo se practican […]
Class Size Matters 2013 presentations on inBloom Inc and the sharing of personally-identifiable student and teacher data Date Committee Time Location 4/9/2013 Community Board 1, Youth and Ed. Committee 6:00 PM 49-51 Chambers St, Rm 709 4/10/2013 CEC 3 7:00 PM Wadleigh–215 W 114th St, New York 4/11/2013 CEC 5 6:30 PM Harlem Technology Center, 425 […]
2 events on April 10, 2013 Class Size Matters will be speaking on a panel about inBloom and how high-stakes testing is affecting students: Hofstra University forum Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 7 PM All are welcome, please sign up here On the same day we are speaking to parents on inBloom, Inc.: At the UFT, […]
Save the date! We are holding a Town Hall meeting on inBloom Inc., and the state and city’s plan to share your child’s confidential educational, disciplinary and health records with for-profit vendors, to help them develop and market their “learning products.” Brooklyn Borough Hall, Monday, April 29, 2013 at 6 PM. Co-sponsors include NYC Council […]
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 .
