The following is a testimony presented before the City Council Education Committee during the expense budget hearing for FY 2017 on March 16, 2016. A PDF can be downloaded here. Testimony before the City Council Education Committee On the Department of Education’s proposed expense budget for FY 2017 March 16, 2016 Dear Chair Dromm […]
The following is the testimony by Leonie Haimson for the Capital Plan Hearing on March 8, 2016. You can download a PDF here. You can also watch a video of the hearing via The City Council’s website here, the video starts at 00:58 and Leonie Haimson’s testimony begins at 02:23. Testimony before the City […]
Here are the comments of our new Citizens Contract Oversight Committee about the new DOE procurement procedures and the contracts which was voted on Wed., Feb. 23 at the Panel for Educational Policy meeting. The meeting was held at 6:00 P.M. at the High School of Fashion Industries on 225 West 24th Street; the agenda is here. […]
The following testimony was given at a City Council Committee hearing on the ‘Mandatory Inclusionary Housing’ and ‘Zoning for Quality and Affordability’ proposals on February 10, 2016. A PDF version of the document can be found here. February 10, 2016 Dear Chair Greenfield and members of the Committee: Thank you for holding these important […]
December 23, 2015 Last February, on a lazy Sunday afternoon, I was perusing the list of DOE contracts due to be voted on that week by the Panel for Educational Policy. Among the long list of contracts, I noticed a proposed contract for equipment and internet wiring worth $1.1 billion over five years, extendable to nine […]
A PDF of this report can be downloaded here. NYC Class Size data released; average class sizes still increasing according to DOE K-3 students in classes of 30 or more have doubled since 2011 November 16, 2015 The NYC Department of Education released the latest class size data as of Oct. 31, 2015, citywide, […]
A copy of our Testimony for the City Planning Commission, a PDF of this testimony can be downloaded here. Testimony before the City Planning Commission December 16, 2015 Dear Chair Weisbrod and members of the Commission: My name is Miho Watabe, and I am testifying on behalf of Class Size Matters, a citywide public […]
Presentations on Class Size, C4E, and/or Overcrowding and the Capital Plan. For district data, please click on yours below to view data. If you would like to request more information, have any questions or concerns, or would like us to present at your Community Education Council or community/parent group, please email us at info@classsizematters.org You […]
You can download a PDF version of the Testimony Here. Testimony of Leonie Haimson before the NYC Council Education Committee On the Renewal Schools November 23, 2015 Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. My name is Leonie Haimson; I run Class Size Matters, a citywide advocacy group devoted to providing information […]
Out comments to the 2015 Common Core Task Force Hearing on November 6, 2015 and can be read here.
You’re invited! Class Size Matters will hold our annual Skinny Awards on Wednesday, June 12th. You can sign up for the event here.
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 .
