October 27, 2016 Dear friend: Just a quick update to let you know that on Tuesday, the Appellate Court ruled on our lawsuit against the DOE, and in a strongly worded, unanimous decision agreed with the Supreme Court that School Leadership Team meetings must be open to the public. Here is the Court’s decision; […]
October 5, 2016 Please join us at our annual Parent Action Conference, co-sponsored by CEC2 and NYC Kids PAC. The theme of the conference this year is “Putting Power Back in Parents’ Hands” and it will be held Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Spruce St. School, 12 Spruce St. in lower Manhattan near City Hall. […]
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2016 6:42 PM 1.Reminder: Please sign up now for our Parent Action Conference, co-sponsored with CEC 2 and NYC Kids PAC, on Saturday Nov. 5 at the Spruce St. school near City Hall. Reserve your tickets here. A flyer you can post in your schools is here. Among the workshops: Fighting […]
For Immediate Release Date: October 25, 2016 Contact: Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; leoniehaimson@gmail.com In a rebuke to the NYC Department of Education, which began closing School Leadership Team (SLT) meetings to the public in 2013, a New York appellate court has found that closing the meetings violates the state’s Open Meetings Law. In a decision […]
For immediate release: April 19, 2015 Contact: Shino Tanikawa, 917-770-8438, shinot@verizon.net Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329, leonie@classsizematters.org Parents and Advocates release Education report card for Mayor de Blasio Grades range from As to Fs in many crucial areas Today, Sunday April 19 at noon, in front of the Department of Education headquarters at Tweed, […]
Updated Sept. 16, 2014 Several Community Education Councils have already passed this resolution, including CECs D2, D25, D26 and D28. Please consider this for your CEC, Community Board, PTA or other parent/community group. If you have already passed it, please send it to the Mayor at bdeblasio@cityhall.nyc.gov , the Chancellor at CGFarina@schools.nyc.gov, and your City […]
As the result of a lawsuit, DOE is holding borough hearings starting Tuesday this week on their useof $531 million in annual Contract for Excellence state funds. A flyer you can post in your school is here. Places and times are below. These funds were approved with the requirement that NYC submit a plan to […]
Today’s announcement that inBloom is closing its doors will hopefully make government officials, corporations and foundations more aware that parental concerns cannot be ignored, and that they must stop foisting their “solutions” on our schools and classrooms with no attention given to the legitimate concerns of parents and their right to protect their children from […]
Class Size Matters has led the fight for student data privacy in NY State. We are encouraged that the Governor and Legislature appear to be discussing the possibility of severing the state’s relationship with inBloom as part of the budget negotiations. As New York is now the only state still participating in this egregious project, […]
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.
