December 20, 2023 In June 2022, NYC students, parents, and teachers had a great victory with the passage of a new state law that would require class sizes be lowered in our public schools, starting this fall. In 2023, we at Class Size Matters worked to try to ensure that the law will be followed […]
December 12, 2023 Dear all: 1.Yesterday, the report of the Class Size Working Group was finally released – of which I was a member. It is the result of months of hard work and is chock full of detailed, equitable and actionable recommendations for how the DOE can comply with the new class size – […]
For immediate release: December 11, 2023 Contact: Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; leonie@classsizematters.org Class Size Working Group members urge the Chancellor of NYC schools to implement their recommendations without delay Here are quotations from the Class Size Working Group co-chair and some of the parent leaders, advocates, and working teachers and other school staff who were […]
December 5, 2023 Dear all: 1. I wanted to let you know that on Friday, Class Size Matters and AQE sent a letter to the State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa, urging her to require that NYC develop a corrective action plan to show what steps they are taking that would enable them to meet the […]
Yesterday, Class Size Matters and AQE sent a letter to the State Education Commissioner, urging them to demand that DOE produce a class size corrective action plan, as it is clear that they have taken no steps to allow them to comply with the law. Our press release is below. A Daily News article about […]
Nov. 21, 2023 Dear all: 1. Important! Next Monday, Nov. 17, Class Size Matters, the Alliance for Quality Education and NYC Kids PAC are hosting a webinar at 7 PM to explain what the DOE should be doing to lower class size in accordance with the law, and how parents, teachers and community members […]
See the UFT media release below about the press conference this morning at the Landmark Elementary school in Brooklyn, K599. Some news clips: City & State, ABC7, Gothamist, NY1, Fox5 NY. Along with UFT President Michael Mulgrew, co-Executive Director AQE Zakiyah Ansari, and me who are quoted below, others speaking eloquently at the press conference […]
Nov. 18, 2023 Dear all: The new class size data for the current school year was released by the NYC Department of Education on Wednesday, showing an increase in average class sizes across all grade levels, as we predicted. For elementary and middle schools, this is the second year in a row that average class […]
For Immediate Release: Nov. 15, 2023 More information: Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; leoniehaimson@gmail.com Class Sizes Increase For 2nd Year In A Row In Most Grades; Compliance With New Class Size Law Unlikely Next Year Without Big Changes In DOE’s Policies The new class size data for the current school year was released by the NYC […]
Nov. 8, 2023 Dear all — The DoE/SCA released the new proposed Five-Year Capital Plan for FY 2025 – 2029 last week, the first to even mention the new class size law, which will require more schools to be built in overcrowded areas to create sufficient space for the smaller classes. Yet the number of […]
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 .
