Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2016 6:42 PM 1.Reminder: Please sign up now for our Parent Action Conference, co-sponsored with CEC 2 and NYC Kids PAC, on Saturday Nov. 5 at the Spruce St. school near City Hall. Reserve your tickets here. A flyer you can post in your schools is here. Among the workshops: Fighting […]
For Immediate Release Date: October 25, 2016 Contact: Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329; leoniehaimson@gmail.com In a rebuke to the NYC Department of Education, which began closing School Leadership Team (SLT) meetings to the public in 2013, a New York appellate court has found that closing the meetings violates the state’s Open Meetings Law. In a decision […]
Dear Folks, Welcome back to a new school year. I have some good news and not-so-good news to report. After a two year delay, the NYS Education Department finally appointed a Chief Privacy Officer, as required by the student privacy law passed in March 2014. This is the law that also banned inBloom. Here is […]
For immediate release August 24, 2016 For more information: Leonie Haimson, leonie@classsizematters.org, 917-435-9329 Chief Privacy Officer Finally Appointed; Parents and Advocates Await Next Steps to Protect Student Data The long overdue appointment announced today by the NY State Education Department of a Chief Privacy Officer, Temitope Akinyemi, is an important step forward to begin to […]
Dear Folks, It is that time of year again — when DOE submits a totally inadequate Contracts for Excellence plan, which does little or nothing to reduce class size or move our schools forward. For the first time since the C4E law passed in 2007, I am not urging parents to attend the borough hearings, […]
July 7, 2016 Dear Friend, 1. Yesterday, the Education Law Center released a new report detailing growing class sizes in NYC schools, with 95% of K-3 students enrolled in schools missing the Contract for Excellence goals of 20 students per class, originally established by the city and state. In other grades, the […]
May 24, 2016 Dear Friend, It’s been a very busy week! Before I go into the details, please remember to buy tickets to our June 9 Skinny annual dinner, honoring Juan Gonzalez and Robert Powell, coming up soon. It is always one of the most fun and joyful events of the year— and along with […]
May 11, 2016 Dear Friend, 1. We’re holding our annual “Skinny” award dinner on Thursday June 9, presenting a Lifetime Achievement award to Juan Gonzalez, investigative reporter, who just retired from the NY Daily News. Juan has done more than any other human being to uncover corruption in city spending and the charter school sector, […]
May 6, 2016 Dear Friend, For those who couldn’t make it, our Education forum with Chancellor Betty Rosa and reporter Juan Gonzalez at George Washington HS tonight will be live streamed tonight starting at 6 PM at www.stopmotionsolo.tv. We will also try to post the video online afterwards. Have a good weekend, Leonie Haimson Executive […]
May 2, 2016 Dear Friend, Welcome back from spring break! 1. Reminder: this Friday, May 6 at 6 PM, the new NY Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa will be speaking about her vision to transform education in NYC and throughout the state, with investigative report Juan González moderating. This event is co-sponsored by CEC6, CB12M Youth […]
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