March 25, 2026 A lot has happened in the last two days. On Monday, education budget hearings were held at City Hall. It soon became apparent that nearly four years since the class size law was passed, the DOE still has no actual plan to comply. Chancellor Samuels admitted that it is unlikely that they […]
March 24, 2026 Here’s our presentation on why there needs to be a moratorium on the use of AI, so that a rigorous guardrails can be established with parent and community input to prevent harm to students and the environment. Our coalition’s statement about DOE’s inadequate AI guidance is here. Articles in the Daily News […]
My testimony showing how DOE has no actual plan to provide sufficient space for class size reduction.
On March 19, we held a presentation followed by a conversation with parents about class size, and what’s not happening in their schools but needs to be.
March 16, 2026 We’re holding a class size briefing and conversation via Zoom this Thursday, March 19 at 6 PM for anyone who has questions about what the DOE is currently doing or not doing on class size, what they are proposing to do next year, and/or if you would like to share what’s happening […]
March 10, 2026 Dear all: Parents, teachers and others should attend the Chancellor’s upcoming Listening Sessions to make your voice heard on the issues that concern you, whether this be the failure of the DOE to provide space for the hundreds of schools that do not have the room at their current enrollment to lower […]
March 2, 2026 1. On Friday, the NYC School Construction Authority released their February update to the five-year capital plan. It contains not a single penny of additional funding to relieve school overcrowding and continues to fund only 33,417 new school seats – though the SCA testified last year that at least 70,000 […]
Feb. 26, 2026 A new Coalition has formed calling for an AI Moratorium in NYC Schools. The Coalition includes a growing number of organizations including AQE, Class Size Matters, Climate Families NYC, DSA Tech Action, MORE-UFT, NYC Kids PAC, the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy, Parents for AI Caution in Educational Spaces, and Racially Just […]
Feb. 26, 2026 1. A quick note, alerting you to the fact that this Tuesday, Feb 10. there will be rare hearings of the NYC Council Education Committee on Mayoral Control. The hearings will start at 10 AM at 250 Broadway 8th floor, Hearing Room 2. Likely the DOE will testify first and […]
Jan. 28, 2026 As I mentioned in my prior message, the entire suite of Kiddom digital products at a cost of $1.5 million was put back on the contract agenda for tomorrow’s PEP meeting, on Wed. January 28. The proposed contract document not only asks for the PEP to approve the entire suite of Kiddom […]
Please join us for a virtual Class Size Briefing this Sunday June 28th, where we will speak about the changes to the class size law, point out flaws in the DOE's proposed plan for next year, and provide everyone with strategies for advocating for smaller classes for all NYC students!
Sign the petition asking for a moratorium on the use of AI until rigorous safeguards are established to protect student privacy, learning and the environment.
Click to see our presentation!
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, Daniel Alicea and Kaliris Salas Ramirez interview guests and discuss issues affecting public schools in NYC, the state level and nationally. You can stream or subscribe to the podcast here at Simplecast; or at iTunes, Spotify or Google.
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.
