Welcome back from mid-winter break. Just a quick reminder that Council hearings will be held this Friday, Feb. 28 starting at 10 AM on the need to lower class size in the public schools at City Hall. We are urging the City Council to allocate specific funding towards lowering class size, first in the early […]
Just a quick update and correction of my previous email; the flyer for the NYC Council class size hearings now scheduled for Friday, Feb. 28 at City Hall was revised and is now available for download here. Please share the flyer widely, post it in your schools, and attend the hearings if you can; public testimony […]
The important Class size hearings have been moved to Friday Feb. 28 at 10 AM at City Hall. Here is an updated flyer. Please share widely, and sorry for all the confusion. If you can, please come to show your support for smaller classes, even if you don’t choose to testify. If you can’t be there at 10 AM, […]
1. Just a quick note to let you know that the hearings on class size have now been rescheduled on Mon. Feb. 24 at 1 PM at 250 Broadway; 14th floor across from City Hall. We really need parents and concerned citizens and, if possible, teachers to come speak about why this is an important issue to […]
Feb. 11, 2020 Please help us urge the Speaker and NYC Council to invest $100 million in hiring additional teachers to lower class size, starting first in the early grades and in struggling schools. This would pay for the salaries of about 1,000 new teachers, which could reduce class size in as many as 4,000 […]
Jan. 16, 2020 Please join Class Size Matters and NYC Kids Pac to rally for smaller classes on Wed. January 29 in front of City Hall at noon; with City Council hearings focused on the class size issue to follow, starting at 1 PM. The rally and hearings are an ideal opportunity for parents and […]
Jan. 14, 2020 1.Yesterday, the class size lawsuit against the city and the state that we filed more than a year ago, along with nine NYC parents from every borough and the Alliance for Quality Education, was heard in the Appellate court in Albany. Our pro bono attorney, Wendy Lecker of the Education Law Center, […]
Dec. 31, 2019 Dear Friend: I wanted to let you know that we just heard yesterday that the appeal of our class size lawsuit vs the DOE Chancellor and State Education Commissioner, Agostini vs. Elia, will be heard on Monday, January 13 at 1 PM in the Appellate Court in Albany. We filed the […]
Dec. 27, 2019 Dear all– I hope you had a wonderful holiday break with friends and family. Please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible donation to Class Size Matters so that we can continue our passionate advocacy for the smaller classes that all kids need for a quality education. We also promote the parent voice in […]
December 18, 2019 Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to Class Size Matters. It has been a busy and eventful year. Among other victories, we won our battle last spring to keep PS 25, a small but excellent school in Brooklyn with very small classes from being closed by DOE. This fall, we released an important […]
Sign here to urge NYC to implement a real, multi-year strategy to lower class size, as the law intends, without exempting up to half or more of all students.
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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 .
