March 7, 2016 Dear Friend, 1. Update on student privacy: Deputy Commissioner Beth Berlin has assured us that no personally identifiable information will be collected as a result of the new NYSED Gates grant, and no data will be linked to any pre-existing personal information that the state has already collected. She also said that it […]
February 26, 2016 Dear Friend, Our schools are more overcrowded than ever! We need a bigger capital plan to build more schools AND to fix the broken school planning process. Class sizes are growing, countless schools have lost their art, music, and science rooms, and too many special needs students receive their services in […]
December 28, 2015 Dear Friend, Please consider giving a tax-deductible donation to Class Size Matters by clicking here. Right before Christmas, Juan Gonzalez of the NY Daily News wrote a column reporting how the NYC Department of Education had rebid a contract for computer equipment and internet wiring that had been originally been approved at […]
December 2015 Dear Friend, Please consider giving to Class Size Matters, as we rely on your donation to keep our organization going. We had a very busy year and need your support. Please click here to give a tax-deductible donation now. In February, we blew the whistle when we noticed a two billion dollar […]
November 30, 2015 Dear Friend, This Wednesday December 2 is Giving Day. It is the time of year to give to charitable organizations. Please consider giving to Class Size Matters, to help us support and improve our public schools. Class Size Matters focuses on the need to provide all students with the right to a quality education, […]
November 24, 2015 Dear Friend, 1. On Monday, NYS Allies for Public Education, the coalition we belong to, posted a user-friendly survey on the Common Core. Please take it here. After two days, this survey has already had nearly as many responses (more than 5,300) as the NYSED survey received in more than three weeks. 2. I […]
November 2, 2015 Dear Friend, Registration for our Parent Action Conference on Sat. Nov. 7 in Brooklyn at PS 133 is almost closed; tickets are going fast. Please sign up now if you want to attend. Kids age 6 and up will participate in a workshop designing playgrounds; lunch is free and Public Advocate Tish James will speak, […]
October 23, 2015 Dear Friend, I wanted to update you on our citywide conference on Nov. 7 at PS 133 in Brooklyn, where we will develop an action agenda for the NYC public schools. Two new speakers have confirmed: Public Advocate Letitia James and City Council Education Chair Danny Dromm. They will let us know […]
Dear Friend, Save the date! On Saturday, November 7th, we are co-sponsoring a Parent Action Conference at PS 133 in Brooklyn, (near the Barclay Center and many subway stops). We will have workshops on developing action plans to address school overcrowding, rising class sizes, mayoral control, empowering parents and school leadership teams, opting out of testing, protecting […]
October 6, 2015 Dear Friend, 1. Save the date! On Saturday, November 7th, we are co-sponsoring a Parent Action Conference at PS 133 in Brooklyn, (near the Barclay Center and many subway stops). We will have workshops on developing action plans to address school overcrowding, rising class sizes, mayoral control, empowering parents and school leadership teams, opting out […]
Please join us for a virtual Class Size Briefing this Sunday June 28th, where we will speak about the changes to the class size law, point out flaws in the DOE's proposed plan for next year, and provide everyone with strategies for advocating for smaller classes for all NYC students!
Sign the petition asking for a moratorium on the use of AI until rigorous safeguards are established to protect student privacy, learning and the environment.
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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.
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.
