Newsletters
October 18, 2023 1. Class Size Matters, the Education Law Center and AQE sent a letter to the State Commissioner earlier this week, critiquing the final draft class size plan that DOE submitted to the state for approval on Sept. 29. This new plan makes no significant changes from the previous one posted in July, […]
October 18, 2023 in Newsletters, Uncategorized, Updates by leoniehaimson
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September 28, 2023 I wanted to share with you my piece in Monday’s Washington Post, written in response to Michael Bloomberg’s attacks against the new class size law. In my oped, I correct his factual errors and point out his misleading use of data as drawn from a recent Chalkbeat piece. In case it’s behind […]
September 28, 2023 in Newsletters, Updates by leoniehaimson
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Sept. 26, 2023 1. Reminder: The Class Size Working Group will be presenting our preliminary recommendations a plan for DOE to lower class size in accordance with the new law, starting tomorrow, Wed. and Monday of next week. If you’d like to hear and/or provide feedback, please sign up now for any […]
September 25, 2023 in Newsletters by leoniehaimson
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Sept. 17, 2023 A quick but important update on important meetings happening this week and next: 1. Save these dates on class size! The Class Size Working Group that was appointed by the Chancellor to help develop a plan to lower class size citywide in accordance with the new state law is holding public engagement […]
September 19, 2023 in Campaigns, Newsletters by leoniehaimson
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September 12, 2023 Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Mayor Adams has now ordered every city agency to impose an immediate hiring freeze and submit budget cuts for next year totaling nearly 15%: 5% cuts by October 6, another round of 5% cuts by January, and yet another 5% by April. According […]
September 12, 2023 in Newsletters, Updates by leoniehaimson
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Sept. 8, 2023 Dear all — Welcome to a new school year, and the first year of the phase-in of smaller classes, according to the new state law. Unfortunately, we have already heard of schools where class sizes have increased substantially compared to last year. We anticipated this would occur, given cuts to Fair Student […]
September 8, 2023 in Newsletters, Uncategorized, Updates by leoniehaimson
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July 5, 2021 1. The DOE’s Draft Class Size Reduction Plan, which is required by law to be submitted to the state next month, makes only one cursory commitment for the next school year: Ensure that schools with classrooms that currently meet the class size mandate have appropriate funding to continue to […]
August 15, 2023 in Newsletters, Uncategorized by leoniehaimson
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August 15, 2023 Dear all – I hope you are having a delightful and restful summer. I wanted to bring to your attention that the DOE has posted an updated draft class size reduction plan that omits the only promise made in their previous plan – that they would help ensure that the schools that […]
August 15, 2023 in Newsletters, Uncategorized, Updates by leoniehaimson
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June 26, 2023 1. We’ve done an updated budget analysis that finds that one third of all NYC public schools are facing Galaxy budget cuts as of June 14, compared to the same date last year, and about one-third are also facing Fair Student Funding cuts. We explain here why both are a real concern, […]
June 26, 2023 in Newsletters, Uncategorized by leoniehaimson
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June 20, 2023 Eight days from now, on Wed. June 28th, we will be holding our annual Skinny dinner in honor of Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a former NYC principal and a great force for change in the US Congress. Rep. Bowman has sponsored two terrific bills that would change the face of education in NYC […]
June 20, 2023 in Newsletters, Uncategorized by Michael Rance
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