Class Size Matters testimony on DOE’s school reopening plan
Sept. 1, 2021 City Council hearings on DOE’s school reopening plan are being held today. Here and embedded below is the testimony that Class Size Matters will give.
Testimonies & Comments
Send in your comments today about DOE’s bogus Contracts for Excellence plan!
The DOE has proposed a Contracts for Excellence spending plan that is completely inadequate to provide an equitable or adequate education to NYC kids — contrary to the intent of the law, which was passed to fulfill the goals of the CFE lawsuit. The DOE claims that the state has allocated no more funding to […]
School Leadership Teams: How to urge your principal to lower class size (in Eng & Spanish)
August 9, 2021 Below and attached are talking points in English and in Spanish on how parents and teachers directly or through your School Leadership Teams should urge your principal to use available funds to lower class size and to help ensure social distancing next year, for the sake of stronger academic support and health […]
Talking points for C4E borough hearings
July 29, 2021 The DOE is holding borough hearings on their proposed Contracts for Excellence plan from Aug. 2-Aug. 5 at 6:30 PM. The location of these hearings and the proposed plan are posted here. You can also send your comments on the plan by emailing ContractsForExcellence@schools.nyc.gov Below are some questions you can ask and […]
Letter to Chancellor to ensure there’s meaningful public input in spending of C4E state funds
See our letter written with the Education Law Center to the DOE Chancellor about the need to hold prompt hearings to gain input from parents and others on how the C4E funding will be spent next year. This public input is legally required and is especially critical now, given that our schools are finally getting […]
New! NYC Mayoral candidate positions on public education issues
Updated June 14, 2021. Below is our summary of the positions of the leading candidates for NYC Mayor on a range of critical education issues. For maximum readability, download it and read at 100% of its size. Please share with others!
Class Size Matters & Shino Tanikawa Testimony on the FY 2022 budget: In Support of $250 million to lower class size
Below and here is our May 25, 2021 testimony before the NYC Council Finance Committee on the FY 2021 budget, in support of a separate allocation of $250 million for class size reduction. Below that is the testimony of Shino Tanikawa, co-chair of the Education Council Consortium, which represents the members of the parent-led Citywide […]
Results from Parent Action Conference 2021: How do parents, educators & students want $8B in additional funds to be spent?
On Sat. May 22, 2021, we had a great Parent Action Conference, co-sponsored with NYC Kids PAC and Teens Take Charge, to brainstorm on how parents, educators and students would like the $8B in additional federal and state funds should be spent to meet our students’ needs. Thanks to all her participated! Our terrific keynote […]
CPAC: Why next year will be our best opportunity to lower class size in our schools
We gave this power point presentation to the Chancellor’s Parent Advisory Council on 5.6.21 on why next year, because of the big increase in state and federal funding, we will have the best opportunity to lower class size, at a time when students will need smaller classes more than ever before. Here it is a […]
FAQ: Why NYC Schools should use infusion of new federal & state funds to lower class size next year
Check out the fact sheet here or below. If you support smaller classes, please urge your CEC or community group to support this resolution. Please also sign our petition here.
Check out our new video: why class size matters!
Sign our petition for smaller classes
Click here to sign our petition for the smaller classes that our kids will need next year more than ever before.
How you can help NYC kids get smaller classes — & why this matters!
Click the image below for an FAQ on class size and how you can help us make this a reality for NYC kids!
NYC Public School Parents Blog
- Risk of Covid worse in crowded lunchrooms; and in many overcrowded schools lunch already starts at 9:30 AM September 22, 2021
- The uselessness of the interim assessments that the DOE purchased for $36 million September 21, 2021
- US Dept. of Education "Blue Ribbon" schools; as usual, difficult to understand their choices September 21, 2021
- DOE still has not posted last year's class size data -- after repeated promises to do so. September 20, 2021
- Schools have reopened, as overcrowded as ever, with insufficient Covid screening September 16, 2021
