Presentations

Issues with new five year capital plan 2020-2024

The presentation below describes issues regarding the new five year capital plan 2020-2024.Among the issues is that the plan is very backloaded in that 50,000 of 57,000 seats in the plan won’t be completed until 2024 or later. Additionally, there is no estimate for need for new seats – for the first time in a […]

June 27, 2019 in Presentations, Uncategorized by

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We filed an appeal in our class size lawsuit to require NYC Department of Education to lower class size in all grades

On Thursday May 23, 2019 the Education Law Center filed an appeal on behalf of nine NYC parents, Class Size Matters and the Alliance for Quality Education, urging the Appellate court to order the Department of Education to reduce class size in all grades as the Contracts for Excellence law requires. Our original lawsuit, Agostini vs. Elia, was filed […]

May 29, 2019 in Reports & Memos, Updates by

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Class Size Briefings by District and Citywide 2018-2019

The presentations below discuss district and citywide class size trends. Overall, class sizes are higher than they were in 2007 and remain above Contract for Excellence goals. Citywide Powerpoint District 6 Powerpoint District 13 and 17 Powerpoint District 21 Powerpoint District 28 Powerpoint District 24 and 30 Powerpoint  If you would like class size information […]

May 23, 2019 in Presentations by

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Education Council Consortium resolution urging City Council to fund class size reduction

List of PDFs of approved resolutions urging City Council to fund class sizes here: CEC 2 CEC 21 Education Council Consortium resolution urging City Council to fund class size reduction Approved May 10, 2019 Whereas in the landmark Campaign for Fiscal Equity case, the state’s highest court concluded that smaller classes were necessary for NYC […]

May 13, 2019 in Reports & Memos, Reports, Testimonies, Etc., Updates by

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Class Size Matters Testimony on SHSAT before the Committee on Education and Jointly with the Committee on Civil and Human Rights

Testimony before the Committee on Education and Jointly with the Committee on Civil and Human Rights PDF of the testimony is here. May 1, 2019  Thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today.  My name is Leonie Haimson and I’m the executive director of Class Size Matters.  I would like to testify in […]

May 1, 2019 in Reports, Testimonies, Etc., Testimonies & Comments, Uncategorized, Updates by

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NYC Should Fund Class Size Reduction Now!

PDF version here. NYC Should Fund Class Size Reduction Now!  Class Size Matters is proposing that the NYC Council allocate $200 million to be targeted to reducing class size, starting first in the early grades and in struggling schools. That amount would pay for the salaries of about 2,000 new teachers, which could reduce class […]

April 2, 2019 in Reports & Memos, Updates by

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Education Law Center memo on our class size lawsuit & need to restore C4E language into budget

A pdf you can download of this memo is here.   Agostini v Elia—The New York City C4E Class Size Case   In July 2017, nine parents from each borough of New York City filed a petition with the State Commissioner of Education (“Commissioner”) charging the City Department of Education (“DOE”) with failing to reduce […]

March 21, 2019 in Reports & Memos, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Class Size Matters Testimony on Mayoral Control before the NY Senate Standing Committee on Education

PDF of this testimony here. March 15, 2019 Thank you for holding these hearings today.  My name is Leonie Haimson and I am the Executive Director of Class Size Matters, a citywide advocacy organization dedicated to providing information on the benefits of smaller classes.  I am also the co-chair of the Parent Coalition for Student […]

March 20, 2019 in Testimonies & Comments, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Class size: why it’s important, what’s happened in NYC and what we need to do

Presentation given at the terrific education forum sponsored by Jackson Heights People for Public Schools on March 16, 2019.

March 17, 2019 in Presentations, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Requiem for the Renewal schools: what went wrong?

This blog post was originally posted here. PDF version is available here.  Wednesday, February 27, 2019. Requiem for the Renewal schools: what went wrong? On February 26, 2019, the Mayor and the Chancellor Carranza announced an end to the Renewal program, which has cost the city $773 million since 2014. Since that time, of the 94 schools put on the list […]

February 28, 2019 in Reports & Memos, Uncategorized, Updates by

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