June 24, 2015 Dear Friends, I wanted to update you on the state deal announced yesterday and the city budget deal finalized the day before, especially as they affect our public schools. 1. The state deal between the leaders of the Legislature and the Governor known as the “big ugly” could have been uglier. It […]
June 22, 2015 Dear Friends, 1. The city budget along with the school capital plan will likely be finalized this week and perhaps in a few days. Please make calls TODAY to: Speaker Melissa Viverito: 212-788-7210 or 212-828-9800 and CM Julissa Ferreras, Finance chair: 718-651-1917 or 212-788-6862. Say NYC kids need an expanded school capital […]
June 15, 2015 Dear Friends, 1. This Thursday, June 18 at 1 PM, we will be holding a press conference on the steps of City Hall. We will be speaking about the need to expand the school capital plan and appoint a Commission to improve the efficiency of school planning and siting — to ease […]
June 11, 2015 Dear Friends, Our letter urging the Mayor and the Chancellor to expand the capital plan and appoint a Commission to improve the efficiency of school planning and siting has 16 Council members signed on, in addition to the Public Advocate, the UFT President and many parent leaders. Please check the letter below […]
June 4, 2015 Dear Friends, As you know, NYC public schools are badly overcrowded and becoming more so every day. The city’s capital plan for schools is underfunded by DOE’s own admission, and if not expanded will likely lead to even worse overcrowding. The need for more schools is especially true as the Mayor is […]
April 20, 2015 Dear Friends, 1. Please remember to sign up for our Skinny award dinner June 9, where we will be honoring the leaders of NY’s historic test refusal movement: NYSAPE, Change the Stakes, and NYC Opt Out. For more information and to buy your tickets, check out this link: http://twitthat.com/wii20 2. Today’s NY […]
May 11, 2015 Dear Friends, 1. Our “Skinny” award dinner this year will be held on Tuesday June 9, and will honor the parent organizations that led NY’s historic testing opt-out movement: NY State Allies for Education, Change the Stakes and NYC Opt Out. The dinner will includes a four course dinner with wine, and […]
April 26, 2015 Dear Friends, Tomorrow, Saturday April 25, I will be moderating a panel on student privacy and the perils of ed tech at the Network for Public Education conference in Chicago. I will speak about how federal privacy laws have been unacceptably weakened by the US Department of Education, and how parent and […]
April 20, 2015 Dear Friends, As you may have heard, a huge number of kids opted out of the ELA exams last week throughout NY State; the unofficial count so far is more than 183,000 with 72% of districts reporting. Many teachers reported difficult, confusing reading passages on our blog with ambiguous questions, sometimes many […]
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