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Parent leaders, elected officials, advocates & members of Chancellor’s Data Privacy Working Group urge vote on student privacy to be postponed

The letter is embedded below the press release. For immediate release: May 27, 2025 For more information: Leonie Haimson, info@studentprivacymatters.org; 917-435-9329 Rosa Diaz, Rdiaz.cec4@gmail.com; 347-885-1687 Shannon Edwards, shannon@aiforfamilies.com; 347-719-2161 Kaye Dyja, kdyja@nyclu.org; 212-203-3532 On Wednesday May 28, 2025, the Panel for Educational Policy is scheduled to vote on the revisions to Chancellor’s regulation A-820, which […]

May 27, 2025 in Press Releases, Uncategorized, Updates by

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On the inadequacies of the city’s planning for class size as regards space

May 20, 2025 Today the NYC Council Finance and Education Committees held a hearing on the NYC education budget and the five-year capital plan. There was questioning on class size as well as many other issues.  Lots of students spoke eloquently on the need for mental health services, better food and restorative justice.  Our testimony […]

May 20, 2025 in Uncategorized by

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Will you help us continue the fight for smaller classes?

April 30, 2025 Tomorrow’s my birthday, and I’ve been reflecting on many things, including our advocacy for smaller classes and student privacy over many years. Despite all the challenges we’ve faced, I am proud of the community of parents, teachers, and concerned advocates we have built. You have helped Class Size Matters accomplish so much […]

May 1, 2025 in Newsletters, Uncategorized, Updates by

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746 schools will be able to lower class size next year! but will Mayor Adams help the schools left out?

April 9. 2025 Yesterday, at a press conference at PS 88 in Queens, the Mayor, the Chancellor, the UFT and CSA with great fanfare announced that 746 schools will receive funding for next year to hire an additional 3700 teachers to lower class size. It was somewhat amazing to see how Mayor Adams, who has […]

April 10, 2025 in Newsletters, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Risks of using AI in the Classroom

Cross posted at Parent Coalition for Student Privacy website. April 8, 2025 The annual conference of Network for Public Education, on whose board I sit, was held last weekend in Columbus, Ohio.  It was terrific as usual, with wonderful speeches and incisive and illuminating workshops and panel discussions on how to strengthen our public schools […]

April 8, 2025 in Presentations, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Class Size Matters’ exchange with School Construction Authority regarding their lax governance policies and non-compliant capital plan

UPDATED April 14, 2025 According to Twitter and the SCA website, the Mayor finally appointed Elizabeth Bergin as the third member of the SCA Board, after leaving the position vacant for almost two years. Bergin is the the Senior Vice President of Research, Evaluation and Strategy at the YMCA, and previously served as the SCA […]

March 26, 2025 in Reports & Memos, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Our testimony on the critical failings of DOE and SCA in planning for class size reduction

March 14, 2025 Here and below is the testimony that Michael Rance, our Research Director, gave on behalf of Class Size Matters at the preliminary budget hearing yesterday. Our testimony highlighted the many failings of DOE and the School Construction Authority in delivering a multi-year plan capable of meeting the benchmarks in the class size […]

March 17, 2025 in Testimonies & Comments, Uncategorized, Updates by

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500 NYC schools without enough space for smaller classes, according to DOE

In December 2024, DOE quietly posted on its website a Table entitled Class Size Space Analysis 2024-2025 , consisting of a list of all non-D75 schools, showing which schools in their estimation do or do not have the space currently to lower class sizes to the levels required by law.  According to this list, 495 […]

March 7, 2025 in Reports & Memos, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Why DOE should be moving more PreK classes to CBOs to provide critical benefits to students and the city as a whole

Feb. 20, 2024 Today we provided testimony at NYC Council Education hearings, in opposition to the DOE plan to to cancel the leases of five Community Based Organizations that provide Early Education services in Brooklyn and Queens.  During the hearing, the DOE officials said they intend in the future to cancel contracts with CBO providers […]

February 21, 2025 in Testimonies & Comments, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Quick update on CEC election process, new video on Talkspace & WBAI radio show

Feb. 15, 2025 1.     Parents: a quick note to let you know that the deadline to run for your District Community Education or Citywide Council is tomorrow, Sunday Feb. 16. With all the chaos and corruption of the Trump administration and apparently the Mayor’s office as well, this is a way you can […]

February 15, 2025 in Newsletters, Uncategorized, Updates by

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