Full report with citations posted here (pdf):The Impact of PreK on School Overcrowding in NYC: Lack of Planning, Lack of Space, Dec. 2018. A Daily News article about the report is here. Summary: New York City public schools are critically overcrowded. About 575,000 students, more than half of all students, attended schools that are at […]
This testimony is available as a pdf here. December 18, 2018 Thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. My name is Leonie Haimson, and I’m the Executive Director of Class Size Matters. NYC public schools are critically overcrowded and the new five-year proposed capital plan fails to address the need for new […]
The Daily News covered this story here. The full report is here. For immediate release: December 18, 2018 More information: leoniehaimson@gmail.com; 917-435-9329 School overcrowding in NYC has been worsened by the expansion of pre-K and 3-K classes, as detailed in a new report, “The Impact of PreK on School Overcrowding: Lack of Planning, Lack of […]
Class size and overcrowding citywide and in District 6. Presented to CEC 6 on Dec. 3, 2018.
Send a letter to the Mayor and Chancellor asking them to stop violating student privacy by making personal information available to charter schools for marketing purposes. Last fall, parent leader and CEC President Johanna Garcia filed a FERPA complaint with the federal government about the DOE’s practice of allowing charter schools to access her child’s […]
October 18, 2018 1. Last chance to send an email to the Chancellor & Mayor urging them to live up to the Mayor’s promise by fully funding the need for seats in the new capital plan. Many leaders including Public Advocate Tish James, Manhattan BP Gale Brewer, and several legislators, along with CPAC and other […]
October 26, 2018 1. This week, we sent off our letter to the Mayor & Chancellor, signed by several prominent elected officials including Public Advocate Tish James and Manhattan BP Gale Brewer and more than fifty parent leaders, urging them to fully fund the need for seats in the new five-year capital plan. Our press […]
November 9, 2018 Much has happened since we last spoke. Tuesday’s elections will lead to a real sea-change in the NY State politics. We will be reaching out to the Assembly and the newly elected Democratic majority in the State Senate with proposals on how to ensure more accountability for charter schools and to reform […]
The NY Times front-page article by Eliza Shapiro about the disappointing results at the Renewal schools is here. I have written and testified about the deeply flawed strategies used in these schools since at least 2015, advocating that instead, DOE should be reducing class sizes in these schools, as they have promised the NY State […]
For immediate release: October 26, 2018 Contact: Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; leonie@classsizematters.org Elected and parent leaders urge the Mayor to fully fund need for school seats in soon-to-be released capital plan They warn that school overcrowding will worsen without a focused effort to expand capacity The new five-year capital plan for schools for 2020-2024 is […]
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.
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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.
