Meeting the Class size caps: data for District 24 and District 30
Nov. 18, 2022 Below a presentation I provided to CM Krishnan on the challenges faced by D 24 and D30 in meeting the class size caps in the new class size law
Attorney and plaintiffs express regret at Appellate Court decision on school budget cuts lawsuit today
A summary and most of the legal filings in the case are posted here. Here are news clips from the NY Times, the Daily News, Chalkbeat and Gothamist. For immediate release: November 22, 2022 For more information: Laura Barbieri, lbarbieri@advocatesny.com; 914-819-3387 Leonie Haimson, leoniehaimson@gmail.com; 917-435-9329 Attorney and plaintiffs express regret at Appellate Court decision […]
Press release: NYC class sizes this year increase sharply in all grade spans except for HS
For immediate release: Nov. 16, 2022 For more information: Leonie Haimson, leoniehaimson@gmail.com; 917-435-9329 NYC class sizes this year increase sharply in all grade spans except for high school Parent leaders, advocates & elected officials demand DOE create a Task Force to develop plan to lower class size in compliance with new state law […]
UPDATE: Trends in average NYC public school class size 2007-2022
Updated 11/18/2022. See our press release about the new class size data, which has sparked concerns among electeds, parents, teachers that the DOE is not prepared to comply with the new state law, and urging the Chancellor to form a task force as soon as possible to help develop the class size reduction plan.
Class Size/ Overcrowding Presentation for NYC Council Education chair Rita Joseph
Here is the presentation I gave Oct. 31, 2022 for CM Rita Joseph, on the new class size law and need for enhanced Council oversight and a Task Force to consider changes in DOE policies and practices to make sure that the class size benchmakrs in the new state law can be met by DOE. […]
Presentation for the Real Deal on School Budgets forum
Below is the presentation I gave at the Real Deal on School Budgets forum, sponsored by Senator Robert Jackson on Oct. 25, 2022, with a special focus class size, school overcrowding and cuts to School district 6. If you’d like a similar briefing for your CEC or community group, with a focus on your schools, […]
Urge the DOE, UFT & CSA to create a class size task force now!
Oct. 21, 2022 Dear all: 1. Last spring, the Legislature overwhelming passed a class size bill, S9460/ A10498, requiring that NYC implement a five-year class size reduction plan beginning in the fall of 2022. On Sept. 8, 2022, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the bill into law, based upon an agreement that the five-year phase-in period […]
Please join CPAC & many CECs in urging that a Class Size Task Force be created; there is no time to waste.
On June 2, 2022 the Legislature overwhelming passed the class size bill, S9460/ A10498, by a vote of 59-4 in the Senate and 147-2 in the Assembly. The bill required that NYC implement a five-year class size reduction plan beginning in the fall of 2022. On Sept. 8, 2022, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the bill […]
Take our five-minute survey about impact of budget cuts on your school!
Oct. 6, 2022 We need to hear NYC from teachers, parents, students, principals and other school staff as to what the impact of the budget cuts has been on your school this year, in terms of class size and other critical services and programs. Last year, because school funding was sufficient despite the enrollment decline, […]
2021 Newsletters
Dec. 31, 2021 Top blog posts & podcasts from 2021 Dec. 29, 2021 An Appeal from Diane Ravitch Dec. 23, 2021 Help deliver smaller classes to NYC kids in 2022 Dec. 14, 2021 The battle for smaller classes continues Dec. 6, 2021 Join us for a week of actions on class size Nov. 29, […]
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NYC parents, teachers & school staff: Please tell us what your class sizes are this year
Why class size matters!
Talk out of School: WBAI Sunday at 7 PM EST or as a podcast
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.
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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.
