Reports & Memos

Letter to Chancellor to ensure there’s meaningful public input in spending of C4E state funds

See our letter written with the Education Law Center to the DOE Chancellor about the need to hold prompt hearings to gain input from parents and others on how the C4E funding will be spent next year.  This public input is legally required and is especially critical now, given that our schools are finally getting […]

June 24, 2021 in Reports & Memos, State Class Size Programs, Uncategorized, Updates by

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The Renewal school program RIP & what could have saved it

The NY Times front-page article by Eliza Shapiro about the disappointing results at the Renewal schools is here.  I have written and testified about the deeply flawed strategies used in these schools since at least 2015, advocating that instead, DOE should be reducing class sizes in these schools, as they have promised the NY State […]

October 26, 2018 in State Class Size Programs, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Campaign for Fiscal Equity Letters to NYC DOE and NYS ED on C4E violations

The first letter is from the CFE (or Campaign for Fiscal Equity) to DOE’s general counsel, asking the DOE to schedule hearings in each county for the 2012-2013 C4E plan, as per law. The second letter is from the CFE to SED Commissioner King.  It requests that he correct the timeline for 2013-2014 and all subsequent […]

February 21, 2013 in State Class Size Programs by

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State and local efforts across the nation to reduce class size

According to Education Week, 32 states now have class size reduction programs or limit class size by law.  In addition, Minneapolis has a city-funded class size reduction program for all grades through high school.  The following is a summary of several of these programs and their results. Texas Texas was one of the first states […]

April 12, 2011 in Reports, Testimonies, Etc., State Class Size Programs by

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