Class Size Matters testimony on DOE’s school reopening plan
Sept. 1, 2021
City Council hearings on DOE’s school reopening plan are being held today. Here and embedded below is the testimony that Class Size Matters will give.
Sept. 1, 2021
City Council hearings on DOE’s school reopening plan are being held today. Here and embedded below is the testimony that Class Size Matters will give.
Categories Testimonies & Comments, Uncategorized, Updates | Tags: | Posted on September 1, 2021
Updated for 2025-2026 school year
The NY State Legislature passed a law in June 2022, mandating that NYC schools phase in smaller classes in all grades. Click here to learn more about this law.
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.
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