Reports & Memos

Fund Class Size Reduction Now!

You can download a PDF version here. What are we proposing? Class Size Matters is urging that the Mayor and NYC Council allocate $100 million to be allocated towards hiring teachers to lower class size, starting first in the early grades and in struggling schools. That amount could pay for the salaries of about 1,000 new […]

January 16, 2020 in Reports & Memos, Updates by

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School Siting Task Force report and spreadsheets

Jan. 6, 2020 The School Siting Task Force, created by Local Law 168, met only twice with no input from parent members appointed by the DOE or City Council members. It produced only a 1 1/2 page report, along with two spreadsheets, one a list of empty city-owned sites from the Department of Citywide Administrative […]

January 6, 2020 in Reports & Memos, Uncategorized by

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Presentations on Class Size and School Overcrowding 2019-2020 School Year

Here are power point presentations explaining why class size is important, and with data showing citywide and district-specific class size trends since 2006. Class size in NYC schools including citywide long term trends and what should be done Here are  class size trends for every community school district over time, organized by borough and by […]

December 20, 2019 in Presentations, Updates by

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Testimony on mayoral control

The NY Assembly Education chair Michael Benedetto and other members of the Education committee held hearings today on Mayoral control which the Legislature renewed with minor changes last spring until June 2022. More on these hearings on the NYC public school parent blog here. My testimony is below; but in response to questions I also […]

December 16, 2019 in Testimonies & Comments, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Foundation aid testimony

Dec. 3, 2019 My testimony to the NY Senate on the Foundation aid funding to schools in NYC and statewide is below.

December 16, 2019 in Testimonies & Comments, Uncategorized, Updates by

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New report on egregious cost to the city for charter school facilities

October 22, 2019 Yesterday we released a  new report, entitled Spending by NYC on Charter School Facilities: Diverted Resources, Inequities and Anomalies, revealing how the NYC Department of Education spent more than $377 million on charter school facility costs from FY 2014 to FY 2019.  This amount includes both public funds for facility upgrades for […]

October 22, 2019 in Newsletters, Reports, Testimonies, Etc. by

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New report reveals over $100 million spent last year by NYC on charter facilities

For immediate release: October 21, 2019 Contact: Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329, [email protected]   New report reveals over $100 million spent last year by NYC on charter facilities Includes payments to help charter schools rent space in buildings owned by their CMOs or related parties Also: 175 public schools co-located with charters lack $22M in matching funds […]

October 21, 2019 in Press Releases, Reports & Memos, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Class Size Matters Testimony on high stakes testing before the NYC Council Education Committee

Testimony before the NYC Council Education Committee PDF of the testimony is here.   September 24, 2019  Thank you, Chair Treyger for holding these important hearings and for the opportunity to testify before you today.  My name is Emily Carrazana, I work at Class Size Matters and I attended public elementary and middle schools in […]

September 25, 2019 in Reports, Testimonies, Etc., Testimonies & Comments, Uncategorized by

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Letter to City Council Speaker Regarding School Siting Task Force

August 6, 2019   Dear Speaker Johnson and members of the City Council: We are very disappointed in the process and outcome of the School Siting Task Force, created by Local Law No. 168 in Sept. 2018.  The law mandated the creation of  an “interagency task force” to facilitate the acquisition of publicly and privately-owned […]

August 12, 2019 in Reports & Memos, Updates by

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School Overcrowding & the New five-year Capital Plan Presentation to CPAC

A presentation for CPAC regarding school overcrowding & the new five-year Capital Plan.

June 27, 2019 in Presentations, Uncategorized by

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