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Parents and advocates comment on October 8 charter school march
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 […]
NYS Supreme Court rules against NYC DOE and for parents
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 […]
NYSED Commissioner sued over ignoring C4E requirements
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 […]
NYC parents, attorneys and public officials protest state and city plan to provide confidential student data to corporations
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]
Comments on failed negotiations over teacher evaluation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Leonie Haimson Thursday January 17, 2013 917-435-9329 Comments on failed negotiations over teacher evaluation If the Governor goes ahead with punishing NYC children for the mayor’s failures by subtracting $250 million from state aid, it will be terribly unfair. Yet there is little doubt that […]
Letter to NYS Officials Questioning Legality of Providing Confidential Student Data to Corporations
For Immediate Release: October 14, 2012 For more information contact: Norman Siegel: (347) 907-0867; NSiegel@stellp.com Leonie Haimson: (917) 435-9329; leonie@classsizematters.org Attorney and Parents Send Letter to NYS Attorney General & Education Officials Questioning Legality of Providing Confidential Student Data to Limited Corporation and Demanding Parental Right to Consent On Sunday, October 14, at a press […]
Parent leaders hail the President’s focus on the need for smaller classes
Parent leaders throughout the nation thank President Obama for recognizing the importance of class size in his weekly address, and for releasing a report that shows how the elimination of 60,000 teaching positions since 2009 is not only unprecedented in US postwar history, but has led to class size increases that are severely damaging the […]
Our statement on Court decision denying preliminary injunction vs. free space for charters
Right before the New Year, Judge Feinman ruled against our request for a preliminary injunction against the DOE’s provision of free space and services to charter schools, in the lawsuit that Class Size Matters, along with other parents and the NYC Parents Union, filed in July. His decision, which was publicly disclosed today, is posted […]
Press release: Parents and teachers across America express outrage at NBC’s “Education Nation
September 28, 2010 final_press_release_Education_Nation_9.28.10.pdf
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