Here is the presentation on school overcrowding and the need to fully fund the need for seats that we gave to the Chancellors Parent Advisory Council on Oct. 11, 2018. If you’d like to request Class Size Matters to brief your CEC, Presidents Council or parent association with more district-specific data, please email us at […]
Below is the testimony Leonie Haimson gave at the City Council’s hearing on pre-Kindergarten, held on June 27, 2018. A PDF version is available here. Testimony at City Council Oversight Hearings of General Welfare and Education Committees on the Implementation of UPK and 3K Expansion June 27, 2018 Good afternoon, and thank you for allowing me […]
Here’s the presentation Leonie Haimson gave to the Chancellor’s Parental Advisory Council on June 14, 2018.
Below is the testimony Class Size Matters gave at the New York State Education Department Student Forum on developing regulations implementing New York’s student data privacy law, Education Law §2-d. It is also available as a pdf here. Testimony at NYSED Student Forum to develop regulations implementing New York’s student data privacy law, Education Law […]
The Department of Education has delayed responding to several of my FOIL requests for years. Below is an appeal I filed to make the DOE follow the law and meet the request for information.
Below is the our testimony Class Size Matters gave at the City Council hearings on tackling school overcrowding by improving the efficiency and accuracy of school planning and siting. It is also available as a pdf here. More about these hearings on our NYC Public School Parents blog here. Class Size Matters testimony before […]
This blog post was first posted here. A PDF version is available. Thursday, March 15, 2018 New evidence of an extreme gender bias in selective high school admissions demands an independent evaluation of the exam Today, Ben Chapman of the NY Daily News wrote about the disproportionate number of girls rejected from the highly-selective Specialized high schools […]
This PowerPoint discusses the planned closure of PS 25, and the evidence showing that PS 25 is one of the best elementary schools in New York City.
Many of the software programs being used in schools have uncertain value, and can undermine student privacy, engagement and authentic learning. I hope that this guide will help chip away at some of the massive hype that has surrounded the subject of so-called “personalized learning” in recent years. It offers questions parents should ask their […]
Feb. 28, 2018 During yesterday’s City Council hearings on Renewal schools, in response to a question from CM Alicka Samuels, Laura Feijoo of DOE underestimated the number of schools co-located with charter schools that DOE now proposes to close, merge or truncate. Of these 19 schools, 12 are co-located with charter schools, as listed below. […]
Sign here to urge NYC to implement a real, multi-year strategy to lower class size, as the law intends, without exempting up to half or more of all students.
Talk out of School radio show and podcast airs Sunday night at 7 PM on WBAI 99.5 FM or online at www.wbai.org when Leonie Haimson and Daniel Alicea interview guests and discuss issues affecting public schools in NYC, the state level and nationally. You can stream or subscribe to the podcast here; or at iTunes, Spotify or Google.
We held our annual Skinny award dinner Wed. June 28, 2023, honoring Rep. Jamaal Bowman, former Bronx principal and now a progressive trailblazer who is fighting in Congress to protect and improve our public schools. More photos on Facebook .
