Daily News article here. UPDATED: Nov. 18, 2025. Here is the DOE FAQ on the planning/application process. UPDATED: Nov. 10, 2025 A source has now provided us with the DOE slides that are otherwise inaccessible to parents, outlining the survey that principals are supposed to fill out by December 3 that will serve as their […]
Oct. 30, 2025 Anoche tuvo lugar una reunión bastante sorprendente del Panel de Política Educativa. Tres contratos de IA NO fueron aprobados por el Panel, a pesar de la presión del Departamento de Educación para seguir expandiendo rápidamente esta tecnología riesgosa en las aulas de toda la ciudad. Muchas gracias a los padres líderes, al […]
En español aquí. Oct. 30, 2025 1. A pretty amazing meeting of the Panel for Educational Policy occurred last night. Three AI contracts did NOT get approved by the Panel, despite a push by the DOE to keep rapidly expanding the risky technology in classrooms around the city. Thanks so much to the parent leaders, […]
Oct. 27, 2025 Last week we gave a privacy briefing to parents, co-sponsored by the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy and the Education Council Consortium. Thanks to those of you who attended; the presentation is here. During the briefing, I suggested some questions that parents should be asking their schools about their privacy policies and […]
Oct. 13, 2025 Our special privacy briefing for parents via Zoom has now been rescheduled for Wed. Oct 22 at 6 PM, and it will be co-sponsored as well by the Educational Council Consortium along with Class Size Matters and the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy. You can register here. We will go over what […]
Note: This briefing was subsequently rescheduled for Oct. 22, 2025. October 7, 2025 In May 2025, the NYC Department of Education revised Chancellor’s regulations A-820, to allow DOE and schools to disclose a category of student personal data called Directory Information within the school or to non-school vendors, as long as parents were provided with […]
Sept. 23, 2025 Dear all — Last Thursday, September 18, 2025, several large charter school networks held a protest rally in Cadmen Plaza and a march across the Brooklyn Bridge to push for the continued expansion of the charter school sector. This was apparently provoked by the fact that the leading candidate for Mayor, Zohran […]
October 3, 2025 Dear all – 1. Diane Ravitch has written a tremendously enthralling book about her life and career, entitled An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else. It’s available now for purchase at Columbia Univ Press or Amazon or at your local bookstore. I’ll be interviewing Diane about […]
July 29, 2025 Yesterday, we sent our detailed critique to Education Commissioner Rosa of the DOE’s submitted class size plan for the 2025-2026 school year. As in earlier “plans”, it lacks the critical information required by law, including specific data about where additional staff and space will be created so that 60% of classes can […]
Sept. 15, 2025 1. Welcome back to another school year. Along with the cell phone ban, another important change is that 741 schools received funds to hire about 3,700 additional teachers to lower class size, with the goal of no more than 20 students per class in grades K-3; 23 in grades […]
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