Sept. 25, 2024 1.Big news – Chancellor Banks is resigning as of Dec. 31, 2024, to be replaced by Melissa Aviles-Ramos, current Deputy Chancellor for Family Engagement. This follows the announced resignations of other top officials, including the Police Commissioner and Commissioner of Health, in the last twelve days. The whirlwind of scandals and investigations […]
Sept. 5, 2024 Welcome back to a new school year! This is the second year of the legally required phase-in of smaller classes in NYC public schools, and though the Chancellor and others claim that they will meet the goal of 40% classes compliant with the class size limits, this is still uncertain, especially as […]
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 […]
July 23, 2024 Yesterday, Class Size Matters sent a detailed letter to State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa, criticizing the document that DOE submitted to the state, entitled their “FY 2025 Class Size Reduction Plan.” We urged her to reject it, and instead demand that DOE provide a real, multi-year plan showing how schools will be […]
August 7, 2024 I wanted to update you that an new version of the NYC School Capital plan for FY 2025-2029 was posted by the School Construction Authority a week ago. It contains an additional $2 billion for new capacity, as required by the state budget, and an additional 10,382 school seats, for a total […]
Articles about the letter were published in Politico and the Daily News. For immediate release: July 22, 2024 Contact: Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; [email protected] 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 […]
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 […]
Articles in Chalkbeat and Brooklyn Reader. For immediate release: June 25, 2024 Contact: Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; [email protected] 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 […]
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, […]
On Oct. 23 at 7 PM, learn how the DOE is sharing student data with unscrupulous ed tech vendors, social media companies, charter schools & more and how you can help protect your children’s privacy. Register via Zoom today!
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.
We held our annual Skinny award dinner Wed. June 28, 2023, honoring Rep. Jamaal Bowman, former Bronx principal and now a progressive trailblazer who is fighting in Congress to protect and improve our public schools. More photos on Facebook .
