June 25, 2026 Yesterday, joint hearings of the NYC Council Education and Technology committees were held. At the hearing, the Chancellor did not testify but many other DoE officials testified including the First Deputy Chancellor Danielle Giunta. Unfortunately, neither she nor anyone else offered any timeline when the revised AI guidelines would be released, no […]
Media outlets that covered some of these points included the Daily News, News 12 and AMNY . For more information: Leonie Haimson, Executive Director of Class Size Matters; leonie@classsizematters.org; 917-435-9329 The class size reduction “plan” released by DOE today is hugely disappointing and is not a real plan at all. Instead of articulating clear, multi-year […]
June 9, 2026 This afternoon, City Council members, state legislators, environmental leaders, privacy advocates, racial-justice groups, educators, and public school families rallied at City Hall for a moratorium on AI in public schools at all grade levels, from 2K through 12th. Organized by the AIM Coalition, the rally included the release of a public letter […]
My testimony showing how DOE has no actual plan to provide sufficient space for class size reduction.
Below is a draft resolution calling for a moratorium on the use of AI in NYC public schools until rigorous guidelines can be enacted to prevent harm to students and the environment. Please reach out to your CEC, Community Board or other organization to consider passing this resolution or a similar one. We also have […]
February 10, 2026 Below is the written City Council testimony for the Feb. 10 hearing on Mayoral control. More observations and testimonies for the hearing are posted on the NYC Parents blog here. Feb. 12 Update: Just two days after the hearing, my list of major scandals and corruption under Mayoral control listed in […]
July 29, 2025 Yesterday, we sent our detailed critique to Education Commissioner Rosa of the DOE’s submitted class size plan for the 2025-2026 school year. As in earlier “plans”, it lacks the critical information required by law, including specific data about where additional staff and space will be created so that the mandated benchmarks of 60% of classes […]
July 9, 2025 Below and here is our detailed critique of the DOE’s draft Class Size Reduction Plan for the 2025-2026 school year, along with a list of signers including many parent leaders, and an appendix with charts backing up these figures. These figures are also posted here. Thanks to those of you who signed […]
July 9, 2025 There will be hearings on the city’s class size plan July 10-June 16, 2025. Each session starts at 6 PM via Zoom; but you can start logging on at 5 PM at https://learndoe.org/contractforexcellence The list of hearings by borough is below but you can attend ANY of these meetings, wherever you live, […]
June 9, 2025 The mandated hearings on the city’s class size plan for the 2025-2026 school year begin tomorrow. The Bronx hearing already occurred last week, but you can attend any of these meetings wherever you live, teach or your child attends schools. They each begin at 6 PM, but you can log in as […]
Please join us for a virtual Class Size Briefing this Sunday June 28th, where we will speak about the changes to the class size law, point out flaws in the DOE's proposed plan for next year, and provide everyone with strategies for advocating for smaller classes for all NYC students!
Sign the petition asking for a moratorium on the use of AI until rigorous safeguards are established to protect student privacy, learning and the environment.
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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, Daniel Alicea and Kaliris Salas Ramirez interview guests and discuss issues affecting public schools in NYC, the state level and nationally. You can stream or subscribe to the podcast here at Simplecast; or at iTunes, Spotify or Google.
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.
