Join us Monday night for an update on the Class Size law & what DOE should be doing to comply

Nov. 21, 2023 Dear all: 1.   Important! Next Monday, Nov. 17, Class Size Matters, the Alliance for Quality Education and NYC Kids PAC are hosting a webinar at 7 PM to explain what the DOE should be doing to lower class size in accordance with the law, and how parents, teachers and community members […]

November 25, 2023 in Newsletters by

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Join us Monday Nov. 27 to hear about the Class Size Law and what DOE should be doing to comply!

Please join us Monday at 7 PM for a meeting on the new class size, what DOE should be doing but it not, and how parents, teachers & others can help ensure they comply with the law. Co-sponsored by Class Size Matters, AQE & NYC Kids PAC.  Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_35N9V6UDSyudBBXFNxXo0A#/registration

November 25, 2023 in Events, Uncategorized by

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More than 300,000 NYC Students in High-Need Schools Stuck in Oversized Classes

See the UFT media release below about the press conference this morning at the Landmark Elementary school in Brooklyn, K599.  Some news clips: City & State, ABC7, Gothamist, NY1, Fox5 NY. Along with UFT President Michael Mulgrew, co-Executive Director AQE Zakiyah Ansari, and me who are quoted below, others speaking eloquently at the press conference […]

November 21, 2023 in Press Releases, Uncategorized, Updates by

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NYC class sizes increase for the second year in a row; unlikely DoE will comply with the law if current trends continue

Nov. 18, 2023 Dear all: The new class size data for the current school year was released by the NYC Department of Education on Wednesday, showing an increase in average class sizes across all grade levels, as we predicted. For elementary and middle schools, this is the second year in a row that average class […]

November 17, 2023 in Newsletters, Uncategorized by

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Class Sizes Increase For 2nd Year In A Row In Most Grades: NYC unlikely to comply with class size law next year

For Immediate Release: Nov. 15, 2023 More information:  Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; [email protected]   Class Sizes Increase For 2nd Year In A Row In Most Grades; Compliance With New Class Size Law Unlikely  Next Year Without Big Changes In DOE’s Policies The new class size data for the current school year was released by the NYC […]

November 15, 2023 in Press Releases, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Radical cuts in funding and elimination of transparency in new Five-Year capital plan

Nov. 8, 2023 Dear all — The DoE/SCA released the new proposed Five-Year Capital Plan for FY 2025 – 2029 last week, the first to even mention the new class size law, which will require more schools to be built in overcrowded areas to create sufficient space for the smaller classes. Yet the number of […]

November 8, 2023 in Newsletters, Uncategorized by

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Radical cuts in funding and elimination of transparency in new Five-Year capital plan

November 8, 2023 The DoE/SCA released the new proposed Five-Year Capital Plan for FY 2025 – 2029 last week, the first to even mention the new class size law, which will require more schools to be built in overcrowded areas to create sufficient space for the smaller classes. Yet the number of new schools to […]

November 8, 2023 in overcrowding, Reports & Memos, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Comments to NYSED on how their proposed regs on the class size law omit the public process timeline in the law

Update Jan. 5, 2024: As we requested, the mandated timeline was put into the final regulations. November 8, 2023 Below and here  see comments from Class Size Matters, Alliance for Quality Education, and the Education Law Center on the proposed State regulations concerning the public process required for the development and submission of the new […]

November 8, 2023 in Testimonies & Comments, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Four ways you can help us fight for smaller classes!

October 18, 2023 1. Class Size Matters, the Education Law Center and AQE sent a letter to the State Commissioner earlier this week, critiquing the final draft class size plan that DOE submitted to the state for approval on Sept. 29. This new plan makes no significant changes from the previous one posted in July, […]

October 18, 2023 in Newsletters, Uncategorized, Updates by

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CSM, Ed Law Center & AQE critique of DOE’s revised draft class size plan

Oct. 16, 2023 Below and here is the letter sent today to Commissioner Rosa and the Board of Regents from Class Size Matters, the Education Law Center and AQE, critiquing the DOE revised class size plan submitted to the State on Sept. 29 and asking the Commissioner and the Board of Regents to require a […]

October 16, 2023 in Testimonies & Comments, Uncategorized, Updates by

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