August 22, 2022 Check out Class Size Matters testimony at hearings of the Council Education Department today on their resolution, demanding the Mayor restore the budget cuts to schools. We included a critique of the entire design of the Fair Student Funding system, showing how it was structured to maximize class sizes and incentivize principals […]
August 20, 2022 1.This Monday, Aug. 22 starting at 10 AM there will be hearings on the NYC Council’s resolution demanding the Mayor restore $469 million in budget cuts to schools. This resolution, that 35 of 51 Council Members have now co-signed, is sure to pass; but if you have the time, it would be […]
This is a fast moving story. The fact sheet below has been updated since the Appellate Court gave the City an automatic stay late in the day on August 9. Here is the attorney’s statement on the Appellate Court’s action. August 9, 2022 On Friday, August 5, in Tucker vs the City of New York, […]
August 1, 2022 1. The lawsuit to restore the budget cuts to schools and provide the City Council with another chance to vote on the education budget will be heard this Thursday, August 4 at 10 AM in the NY State Supreme Court, 80 Centre St. in Room 308. Please join us in the courtroom […]
July 31, 2022 There has been much confusion around the amount of school budget cuts for next year. While the DOE originally claimed $215 million had been cut from the Fair Student Funding (FSF) amounts, it turned out that this amount did not include cuts made because of DOE’s projections of continued enrollment decline. The […]
For immediate release: July 27, 2022 Contact: Laura D. Barbieri 914-819-3387; [email protected] Leonie Haimson: 917-435-9329; [email protected]; Judge Denies City Request to Vacate his Temporary Restraining Order Against Budget Cuts to Schools This morning, Judge Lyle Frank rejected the City’s request to vacate his Temporary Restraining Order, which means that any further cuts […]
July 24, 2022 Great news! Late Friday afternoon, Judge Lyle Frank of the State Supreme Court granted a Temporary Restraining Order to block the devastating school budget cuts, in response to the lawsuit filed by four parents and teachers on July 18. Our press release is here, along with a copy of the court order. […]
For immediate release: July 22, 2022 Contact: Leonie Haimson: 917-435-9329; [email protected]; Laura D. Barbieri 914-819-3387; [email protected] Judge orders a temporary restraining order against budget cuts to schools In the lawsuit against the city’s attempt to radically cut budgets filed on July 18, Judge Lyle Frank of the NY State Supreme Court granted the […]
June 30, 2022 Dear all — Thank you for signing our petition urging the Gov. to sign the class size bill. We delivered the petition to her via her education secretary yesterday. However, it looks like there is a deal going down tonight for her to sign the Mayoral control bill with some minor changes […]
July 5, 2022 Dear folks — Despite our press conference last Wednesday with legislators and advocates, and more than 7,000 of her constituents urging the Governor to sign the class size bill, she has not yet done so. Instead she signed the mayoral control bill with some few minor tweaks, but ignored the intent of […]
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.
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 .
