December 29, 2021 Dear friend – As a historian, I have studied reform in NYC and in cities across the nation. Reform usually means shaking up the system. Centralize, decentralize, recentralize. Reorganize the bureaucracy, put the mayor in control, change the decision-making structure. Hire consultants, hire data analysts, hire coaches. Or reform means outsource the […]
December 14, 2021 Despite the crying need for smaller classes in NYC public schools, and the fact that Int. 2374 had 41 co-sponsors, the class size bill is still being blocked by Speaker Johnson and will not come to a vote this session. When asked about this last week by NY1 reporter Jill Jorgensen, the […]
Dec. 6, 2011 We only have about 10 days until the last Council meeting when the class size bill, Int 2374, can be approved. We have a week of actions planned to urge the Speaker and the Council to bring this to a vote, and I hope you’ll join in and share this email with […]
November 29, 2021 1. Only about two weeks remain before the Council adjourns and a new City Council takes office. Please send a letter TODAY to Council Speaker Corey Johnson by clicking here— demanding that he schedule a vote for the class size reduction bill, Int 2347. When Johnson was running for Speaker, he […]
On Saturday, 11/20/21, I gave the following presentation to participants at the Queens parent conference on why we must reduce class size in NYC schools and how you can help. Also downloadable at https://tinyurl.com/Queensclasssize. If you’d like to invite us to your meeting, please email us at [email protected]. thanks!
Este mensaje es in Español aqui. November 12, 2021 Support is growing for Intro 2367, the bill that would require smaller classes be phased in over three years. It now has 38 out of 49 Council Members as co-sponsors. (Two Council seats are empty.) We hope this bill will come to a vote in the […]
November 17, 2021 Este mensaje está en español aquí. The good news is that with your help, 39 Council Members out of 49 have now signed onto Int. 2374, the bill that would require class sizes be reduced in NYC schools. This is a veto-proof majority, so that if passed, the Mayor could not block […]
La buena noticia es que 39 miembros del Consejo de 49 ya se han inscrito en Int. 2374, el proyecto de ley que requeriría que se redujera el tamaño de las clases en las escuelas de la Ciudad de Nueva York. Esta es una mayoría a prueba de veto, por lo que si se aprueba, […]
Este mensaje es in Espanol aqui. Nov. 11, 2021 Intro 2367, the bill that would require smaller classes be phased in over three years, now has 36 out of 50 Council Members as co-sponsors. We hope this bill will come to a vote in the next ten days or so. 14 Council Members have not […]
11/11/21 Hay un proyecto de ley en el Concejo Municipal, Intro 2374, que requeriría que las clases más pequeñas se introduzcan gradualmente durante tres años. Se supone que el proyecto de ley se someterá a votación a finales de este mes, ya sea el 23 o el 30 de noviembre. Después de eso, si el […]
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 .
