Press Releases
NYC Class Sizes Increase for Sixth Year in a Row, Despite Law Requiring Reduction in Early Grades; Classes are Largest since 1998 For immediate release Monday, Nov. 18, 2013 For more information contact: Leonie Haimson, leonie@classsizematters.org; 917-435-9329 NYC CLASS SIZES INCREASE FOR SIXTH YEAR IN A ROW, DESPITE LAW REQUIRING REDUCTION; IN EARLY GRADES CLASSES […]
November 18, 2013 in Press Releases, Updates by admin
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For immediate release Wednesday, Nov.13, 2013 For more information contact: Leonie Haimson, leonie@classsizematters.org; 917-435-9329 LAWSUIT FILED IN NY STATE COURT TO PROTECT STUDENT PRIVACY AND BLOCK INBLOOM This morning, Wednesday November 13, a lawsuit and a request for a restraining order will be filed in the New York State Supreme Court in Albany against […]
November 13, 2013 in Press Releases, Uncategorized by leoniehaimson
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October 30, 2013 in Media, Press Releases by admin
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Parents and advocates comment on today’s charter school march *Originally posted on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at NYC Public School Parents.* For immediate release: Tuesday, October 8, 2013 Arthur Z. Schwartz, Advocates for Justice: aschwartz@advocatesny.com; 917- 923-8136 Leonie Haimson, Class Size Matters: leonie@classsizematters.org ; 917-435-9329 Sam Pirozollo, NYC Parents Union: sam@nycparentsunion.org ; 917-533-3437 Today, Eva […]
October 10, 2013 in Press Releases by admin
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Great news for public education! Class Size Matters has given presentations to parent groups and CECs, pointing out how DOE has been violating the accountability and public input requirements in the Contracts for Excellence law, by refusing to hold borough hearings and only presenting sketchy power points to Community Education Councils long after the $600 million in annual […]
June 10, 2013 in Press Releases by admin
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As we have made clear in presentations to Community Education Councils and other parent and community groups, the State Education Department and the NYC Department of Education are equally guilty in ignoring the Contracts for Excellence (C4E) law passed in 2007, which requires public participation and accountability in the development of the city’s C4E and class size […]
June 3, 2013 in Press Releases by admin
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On April 30th we held a Town hall meeting at Brooklyn Borough Hall about the state and city plan to share personally identifiable student information with a corporation called inBloom inc. and other third party vendors. About 150 people showed up, including: two Regents (Regent Kathleen Cashin of Brooklyn and Regent Betty Rosa of the […]
May 21, 2013 in Events on inBloom & student privacy, inBloom updates, Videos by admin
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Leonie Haimson speaks at Occupy the DOE in Washington D.C., April 2013. Check it out here, or below.
April 22, 2013 in Videos by admin
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Here are some news clips and video footage of our March 13, 2013 press conference on student privacy violations. For more information about our press conference, click here. Parents, Experts Blast New State Database of Private Student Info NBC New York/AP View more videos at: http://nbcnewyork.com. Civil Rights Attorney Norman Siegel speaks up for […]
March 27, 2013 in inBloom updates, Videos by admin
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For immediate release, March 14, 2013 For more information: Leonie Haimson leonie@classsizematters.org ; 917-435-9329 [scribd id=130379621 key=key-1pzcctk24cykvbx5hrcd mode=scroll]
March 14, 2013 in inBloom updates, Press Releases by admin
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