Recent Newsletters
April 17, 2024 Because of a cyberattack that hit Albany, negotiations over Mayoral control and the budget are temporarily on hold. Meanwhile, the only education organization that has publicly come out in favor of extending Mayoral control is the charter school lobby – whose schools are not governed by the Mayor, though he’s done them […]
May 1, 2024 in Recent Newsletters by leoniehaimson
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April 22, 2024 Dear all — The State budget was finalized on Friday, and to the disappointment of many, it extended Mayoral control for another two years. This occurred due to the insistence of the Governor, and despite the express wishes of many Legislators, who had said that this important issue needed careful consideration and […]
May 1, 2024 in Recent Newsletters by leoniehaimson
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May 1, 2024 Dear all: 1. On Saturday May 11 at 10:30 AM, Class Size Matters will be holding our annual Parent Action Conference, co-sponsored by NYC Kids PAC. Our keynote speakers, Sen. John Liu and CUNY Law professor Natalie Gomez-Velez, the co-author of the NYSED study of Mayoral control, will discuss why […]
May 1, 2024 in Recent Newsletters by leoniehaimson
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April 15, 2024 Last week the State Education Department released an excellent report, summarizing the public testimony at the borough hearings and in writing on Mayoral control, and analyzing our NYC school governance system compared to others across the country. The report contained recommendations about how the system should be changed, by giving more voice […]
April 16, 2024 in Newsletters by leoniehaimson
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March 1, 2024 1. Just a quick note to say that tonight I will be participating on a panel discussing Mayoral Control and School Governance at 7 PM. You can check out the other panelists and sign up for the Zoom link here. 2. Thanks so much to those of you who testified at the […]
March 18, 2024 in Newsletters by leoniehaimson
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Feb. 27, 2024 The NYC Council hearing on class size will be held THIS Thursday 2/29/24 at 1 PM; with a press conference at 12 noon in front of City Hall; please come to show your support! To testify remotely or in person sign up here: https://council.nyc.gov/testify/ If you do come to the press conference […]
March 18, 2024 in Newsletters by leoniehaimson
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March 7, 2024 Today, Chalkbeat featured an article about a charter school whose affiliated organization hugely inflated the rent on their own charter school to squeeze more money out of DOE. Our 2021 report contained many such examples of fraudulent behavior. Yet DOE is the only district in the state and the nation required to […]
March 18, 2024 in Newsletters by leoniehaimson
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Feb. 20, 2024 1.On Valentine’s Day last week, we received some exciting news. NY Attorney General Tish James had finally forced the College Board to sign a consent decree to halt their practice of selling the personal data of NY public school students– which has been illegal since the state student privacy law passed in […]
March 18, 2024 in Newsletters by leoniehaimson
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March 15, 2024 Just a brief email about three important events happening this week. First, this Sunday, March 17 at 7 PM, I’ll be hosting a special edition of Talk Out of School on WBAI on 99.5 FM, or www.wbai.org on the problems with the NYC mandated reading curriculum, with my guests: teacher Martina […]
March 18, 2024 in Newsletters by leoniehaimson
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January 30, 2024 Two important deadlines this week. 1- The deadline to submit your views on Mayoral control is tomorrow, Wed. January 31, at 5 PM. You can upload your testimony here. The borough hearings were very well attended, and the overwhelming number of speakers, whether parents, teachers or community members, were […]
February 8, 2024 in Newsletters, Recent Newsletters, Uncategorized by leoniehaimson
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