Dec. 16, 2025 1. Today the IBO released a report with their estimate of the costs of staffing to comply with the class size law; check out our response on how compliance could be achieved more thoroughly, equitably, efficiently and affordably than DOE currently plans to do. More on this soon. 2. […]
Comments on the IBO report on costs of compliance For immediate release: December 16, 2025 For more information: Leonie Haimson, leonie@classsizematters.org; 917-435-9329 The IBO’s latest report includes cost estimates for staffing to meet the class size caps in the law, based upon figures two years old. However, the report also points out that accounting for […]
Dec. 9, 2025 The forum on Saturday explaining the serious risks of AI use in schools was standing room only, and there were many others attending via Zoom as far as away as Idaho. Thanks for those of you who came! The video will be posted soon, but meanwhile, here are three important steps you […]
December 12, 2025 A couple of quick requests: Please call Gov. Hochul’s office ASAP, especially if you haven’t already, to urge her to sign S7599C, the Loading Act, without weakening its provisions. She is in negotiations right now about what changes she would like to the bill. Recently, she forced significant changes before […]
December 1, 2025 Reminder: Wed. Dec. 3 is the deadline for NYC schools to fill out the survey/application for class size funding for next year. If you haven’t heard from your principal or your School Leadership Team about their plans, you should ask them ASAP. Principals are supposed to confirm that their SLTs have been […]
Nov. 23, 2025 1. Class Size Matters and the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy are among the groups co-sponsoring a important forum for parents and teachers on the rapidly expanded use of AI in the classroom, and how this is affecting privacy, the environment, and the development of students’ critical thinking and cognitive skills. […]
Nov. 18, 2025 New class size reports were released yesterday, showing that as of this fall, DOE achieved the legal goal of 60% of classes in compliance with the class size law. They actually achieved 64% but this figure was the result of exempting 123 schools and 10,535 classes from their calculations. You can check […]
Nov.3, 2025 El miércoles pasado, el Canciller envió un correo electrónico a todos los directores, solicitándoles que respondieran a una encuesta antes del 3 de diciembre sobre si sus clases cumplen con los límites de tamaño de aula establecidos por la ley y, de no ser así, qué otros recursos necesitarán para reducir el tamaño […]
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 […]
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