1. Please save the date for our annual Skinny awards, which will be held this year on Tuesday, June 19. We will be honoring some very special people and you don’t want to miss it! It’s always one of our most joyous annual events, in which we celebrate our wins and gain strength for the battles […]
The awful shootings at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida have aroused much sorrow, anger and a greater awareness of the need to better protect children so that this sort of event never happens again. Class Size Matters, along with the Network for Public Education and many other groups, is helping to organize […]
1. Yesterday’s press conference with parent leaders urging the Mayor to involve parents in a transparent public process to select a new Chancellor was a great success. About 30 parent activists turned up even in the rain, and we received good coverage in the Daily News, NY1, Wall St. Journal and elsewhere. Check out my blog for […]
Just a quick reminder about the press event tomorrow Tues. Jan. 23, at 10 AM on the steps of Tweed, with CPAC, CECs & Citywide Councils leaders. Join us in urging the Mayor to give parents a voice in the selection of a new Chancellor! Our Parent Action Conference is just a few days away on Saturday, […]
1. Yesterday, the NYS Education Department revealed that there had been a breach of personal student data from Questar, the state’s testing company. According to Questar, only 52 students were affected and no highly sensitive data was released. For more on this, including remaining questions that need to be answered, see the press release today from NYSAPE and the […]
Dear Sebastian, Happy New Year! Our annual Parent Action Conference, co-sponsored by Class Size Matters, NYC Kids PAC and CEC2, will be held Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018 at the Peck Slip School in downtown Manhattan (Take the A,C, 2, 3, 4, 5, J, or Z trains to Fulton Street; map here.) Here is a flyer you can send to colleagues […]
Dear Activist, Thanks so much if you’ve given already to Class Size Matters and if not, tonight is your last chance to make a tax-deductible donation in 2017. Happy New Year to all! — Leonie
Dear Activist, Please contribute to Class Size Matters, the only nonprofit focused on advocating for smaller classes and student privacy. Sadly, class sizes have increased in New York and in many other states since the great recession, and may increase even more given the Trump administration’s actions to defund […]
In your end-of-the-year giving, please donate to Class Size Matters to support our work in 2018 by clicking here. Class Size Matters is the only nonprofit in the nation dedicated towards advocating for smaller classes. In July, along with the NYC Public Advocate, AQE and nine NYC parents, we filed a legal complaint with the […]
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2016 6:42 PM 1.Reminder: Please sign up now for our Parent Action Conference, co-sponsored with CEC 2 and NYC Kids PAC, on Saturday Nov. 5 at the Spruce St. school near City Hall. Reserve your tickets here. A flyer you can post in your schools is here. Among the workshops: Fighting […]
Save the date! Our annual Parent Action Conference co-sponsored with NYC Kids PAC will be held this Saturday June 10 Now moved online because of the poor air quality.For more info and to RSVP, please click here.
