Articles about the letter were published in Politico and the Daily News. For immediate release: July 22, 2024 Contact: Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; leonie@classsizematters.org Class Size Matters urges Commissioner Rosa to require NYC DOE to revise and fundamentally improve their second year class size “plan” On July 22, 2024, Class Size Matters sent a detailed […]
Update: After receiving three extensions, the city finally replied to our Commissioner’s Appeal on Aug. 12, 2024; we responded to their reply on September 9, 2024. And on September 13, Advocates for Justice wrote a terrific letter of support, saying a new IEP meeting should be required before any school enrolls students in an online […]
June 25, 2024 1. We sent off our comments yesterday to the Mayor and Chancellor, urging them to improve their class size “plan”, which makes insufficient investments in staffing and space. It was signed by about 570 parents, educators, and community leaders. Thanks to those of you who signed on! The full petition is here. […]
July 2, 2024 1. The city budget, including for education, was approved last Sunday. The good news is that most of the Mayor’s egregious cuts were restored. But three Council Members voted no — Alexa Aviles, Shahana Hanif and Tiffany Caban –because while they said they were glad that the Council was able to prevent […]
June 29, 2024 The vote is tomorrow at 2 PM. Feel free to forward to your Council Members. You can find their contact info here. Full pdf below and here.
Articles in Chalkbeat and Brooklyn Reader. For immediate release: June 25, 2024 Contact: Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; leonie@classsizematters.org Parents, educators, advocates and community leaders urge Mayor Adams and Chancellor Banks to improve their class size reduction “plan” On June 24, 2024, about 570 NYC parents, educators, advocates and community leaders sent critical comments to […]
Press release here. Articles in Chalkbeat and Brooklyn Reader. June 24, 2024 This afternoon, we sent this petition to the Mayor and Chancellor, with copies to UFT and CSA, about the profound inadequacies in their draft class size “plan.” It was signed by about 570 NYC parents, educators, school staff, advocates and community leaders. If […]
June 17, 2024 Last week, Class Size Matters and five parents launched a legal challenge to the DOE’s directive to schools regarding online learning. For more on this, see our press release, the legal papers, and articles in the Daily News and Politico. You can also listen to my interview on Talk out of School, […]
May 29, 2024 Dear all — 1- A reminder: the last two borough hearings on DOE’s ineffectual class size plan are going to be held tonight Wednesday, and tomorrow Thursday, via Zoom. Sign up here starting at 5 PM; our talking points about the positive steps the DOE should be taking instead to […]
May 22, 2024 Dear all — Just a quick reminder that Borough hearings on the DOE’s draft class size plan for next year begin tonight Wednesday, May 22 for Bronx residents via Zoom, and tomorrow Thursday for Manhattan residents. The full schedule is here: Bronx – Wednesday, May 22, 2024 (6:00pm) Manhattan – Thursday, May […]
Please join us on Wed. June 18 when we will honor Dr. Betty Rosa, former Bronx principal, District Superintendent, Board of Regents member and now NY State Education Commissioner for courageously standing up against the Trump administration on the importance of preserving Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs in our public schools. Wine and food will be served!
Sign up here for our Annual Parent Action Conference on June 7th 2025, with keynote speaker Jamaal Bowman!
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.
