Check out CSM & AQE budget demands!
Our one-page demands for the city budget, co-signed by AQE, are posted here and below – to prevent school budget cuts and larger classes next year and the years to come.
Our one-page demands for the city budget, co-signed by AQE, are posted here and below – to prevent school budget cuts and larger classes next year and the years to come.
The just-released DOE class size “plan” for next year fails on every account. Class size borough hearings begin this Wednesday May 22nd. Make your voices heard! Bronx – Wednesday, May 22, 2024 (6:00pm) Manhattan – Thursday, May 23, 2024 (6:00pm) Staten Island – Tuesday, May 28, 2024 (6:00pm) Queens – Wednesday, May 29, 2024 (6:00pm) […]
May 15, 2024 Here and below is the Class Size Matters testimony on the Mayor’s Executive Budget and planned cuts to schools.
May 13, 2024 Below and here is the presentation we gave on Saturday at our Annual Parent Action Conference on the city’s proposed cuts to schools and teachers and lack of class size reduction plan
For immediate release: May 8, 2024 Contact: Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; [email protected] Leonie Haimson, Executive Director of Class Size Matters, said, “It is evident from the new document posted by the DOE today that they have no intention of ever complying with the state class size law. They have had nearly two years to plan […]
April 17, 2024 Because of a cyberattack that hit Albany, negotiations over Mayoral control and the budget are temporarily on hold. Meanwhile, the only education organization that has publicly come out in favor of extending Mayoral control is the charter school lobby – whose schools are not governed by the Mayor, though he’s done them […]
April 22, 2024 Dear all — The State budget was finalized on Friday, and to the disappointment of many, it extended Mayoral control for another two years. This occurred due to the insistence of the Governor, and despite the express wishes of many Legislators, who had said that this important issue needed careful consideration and […]
May 1, 2024 Dear all: 1. On Saturday May 11 at 10:30 AM, Class Size Matters will be holding our annual Parent Action Conference, co-sponsored by NYC Kids PAC. Our keynote speakers, Sen. John Liu and CUNY Law professor Natalie Gomez-Velez, the co-author of the NYSED study of Mayoral control, will discuss why […]
April 15, 2024 Last week the State Education Department released an excellent report, summarizing the public testimony at the borough hearings and in writing on Mayoral control, and analyzing our NYC school governance system compared to others across the country. The report contained recommendations about how the system should be changed, by giving more voice […]
Check out our critique and comments on DOE’s talking points here and below.