CSM comments to SUNY board on the application of the KED charter school
Comments on the proposed KED charter school in District 2 https://classsizematters.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/comments_on_KED_charter_school.pdf
Reports, Testimonies, Etc.
Presentation to CBID on the “test score scam” 11/17/10
October 17, 2010 Presentation to Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats on NYC’s high stakes accountability system and the “test score scam” (pdf) https://classsizematters.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/CBID_talk_10.10.pdf
Comments on the HS progress reports 11/3/10
High school progress reports; more unreliable and unfair measures November 3, 2010 Today the high school progress reports were released for 2009-2010; here is an excel spreadsheet. Yet experts continue to have grave reservations as to their reliability, with DOE placing far too much emphasis on test scores and especially the “progress” component, which means […]
Class Size Matters parent advocacy toolkit
Class Size Matters “Get Advocacy” Parent Toolkit For Parents, Teachers, and Communities (pdf) https://classsizematters.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/CSM-Advocacy-Toolkit-2011.pdf
Class Size Crisis (for UFT parent conference)
November 6, 2010 class_size_crisis_for_UFT_conference_11.10.pdf
Presentation for Three Parks Independent Democratic club on the Bloomberg/Klein record (ppt)
November 10, 2010 3Parks_Indy_Dems_talk.ppt
Letter to Commissioner Steiner from N. Siegel, M. Meyers, Leonie Haimson & 100 parents on C. Black nomination
November 14, 2010 open_letter_to_Steiner_11.14.10.pdf
NYC Council Testimony on the bills to require reporting on discharge rates and students at closing schools (pdf)
January 25, 2011 CSM_testimony_discharge_bill.pdf
CSM testimony to the NYS Legislature on the education budget 2/15/11
Testimony to the Joint Hearings of the NY State Senate Finance Committee and Assembly Ways and Means on the education budget Feb. 15, 2011 https://classsizematters.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/State-budget-testimony-2.15.11.pdf
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Talk out of School: WBAI Sunday at 7 PM EST or as a podcast
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.
Skinny award dinner honoring Rep. Jamaal Bowman!
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 .
