Nov. 7, 2024 Last Tuesday the DOE released Chancellors regulations pertaining to student privacy, now to be voted on Nov. 20, in a third round of revisions that did little to allay our concerns. The proposed regulations would still allow a breathtakingly extensive and essentially unlimited amount of sensitive student personal data to be shared […]
Nov. 20, 2024 On Oct. 31, DOE released their proposal for the third year phase-in of class size reduction. Principals in consultation with their School Leadership Teams can apply for additional funds to lower class size; with a deadline of Dec. 20, one month from today. The process is completely voluntary, with no total amount […]
December 4, 2024 Please sign our petition now to the DOE Chancellor and UFT and CSA Presidents, urging them to develop and implement a real, multi-year plan so that all schools will be able to lower class size within the timeframe mandated by the law. Right now, DOE is proposing to exempt all overcrowded schools […]
Sept. 25, 2024 1.Big news – Chancellor Banks is resigning as of Dec. 31, 2024, to be replaced by Melissa Aviles-Ramos, current Deputy Chancellor for Family Engagement. This follows the announced resignations of other top officials, including the Police Commissioner and Commissioner of Health, in the last twelve days. The whirlwind of scandals and investigations […]
Sept. 5, 2024 Welcome back to a new school year! This is the second year of the legally required phase-in of smaller classes in NYC public schools, and though the Chancellor and others claim that they will meet the goal of 40% classes compliant with the class size limits, this is still uncertain, especially as […]
July 2, 2024 1. The city budget, including for education, was approved last Sunday. The good news is that most of the Mayor’s egregious cuts were restored. But three Council Members voted no — Alexa Aviles, Shahana Hanif and Tiffany Caban –because while they said they were glad that the Council was able to prevent […]
July 23, 2024 Yesterday, Class Size Matters sent a detailed letter to State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa, criticizing the document that DOE submitted to the state, entitled their “FY 2025 Class Size Reduction Plan.” We urged her to reject it, and instead demand that DOE provide a real, multi-year plan showing how schools will be […]
August 7, 2024 I wanted to update you that an new version of the NYC School Capital plan for FY 2025-2029 was posted by the School Construction Authority a week ago. It contains an additional $2 billion for new capacity, as required by the state budget, and an additional 10,382 school seats, for a total […]
Articles about the letter were published in Politico and the Daily News. For immediate release: July 22, 2024 Contact: Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; [email protected] Class Size Matters urges Commissioner Rosa to require NYC DOE to revise and fundamentally improve their second year class size “plan” On July 22, 2024, Class Size Matters sent a detailed […]
June 25, 2024 1. We sent off our comments yesterday to the Mayor and Chancellor, urging them to improve their class size “plan”, which makes insufficient investments in staffing and space. It was signed by about 570 parents, educators, and community leaders. Thanks to those of you who signed on! The full petition is here. […]
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.
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 and Daniel Alicea interview guests and discuss issues affecting public schools in NYC, the state level and nationally. You can stream or subscribe to the podcast here; or at iTunes, Spotify or Google.
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 .
