Here are power point presentations explaining why class size is important, and with data showing citywide and district-specific class size trends since 2006. Class size in NYC schools including citywide long term trends and what should be done Here are class size trends for every community school district over time, organized by borough and by […]
December 18, 2019 Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to Class Size Matters. It has been a busy and eventful year. Among other victories, we won our battle last spring to keep PS 25, a small but excellent school in Brooklyn with very small classes from being closed by DOE. This fall, we released an important […]
Testimony before the NYC Council Education Committee PDF of the testimony is here. September 24, 2019 Thank you, Chair Treyger for holding these important hearings and for the opportunity to testify before you today. My name is Emily Carrazana, I work at Class Size Matters and I attended public elementary and middle schools in […]
August 6, 2019 Dear Speaker Johnson and members of the City Council: We are very disappointed in the process and outcome of the School Siting Task Force, created by Local Law No. 168 in Sept. 2018. The law mandated the creation of an “interagency task force” to facilitate the acquisition of publicly and privately-owned […]
Below is the testimony Leonie Haimson gave at the City Council’s hearing on pre-Kindergarten, held on June 27, 2018. A PDF version is available here. Testimony at City Council Oversight Hearings of General Welfare and Education Committees on the Implementation of UPK and 3K Expansion June 27, 2018 Good afternoon, and thank you for allowing me […]
For immediate release: Media Contact: Carol Burris, Network for Public Education: 516-993-2141 (cell) [email protected] NPE calls decision “politically motivated” and […]
It’s the end of the school year, but not the end of our battle to save PS 25, a great school in Brooklyn that the previous Chancellor tried to close. Even though the court has placed a temporary restraining order against closing the school for at least another year, we would really like our new […]
Here’s the presentation Leonie Haimson gave to the Chancellor’s Parental Advisory Council on June 14, 2018.
Below is the testimony Class Size Matters gave at the New York State Education Department Student Forum on developing regulations implementing New York’s student data privacy law, Education Law §2-d. It is also available as a pdf here. Testimony at NYSED Student Forum to develop regulations implementing New York’s student data privacy law, Education Law […]
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 .
