March 2, 2026 1. On Friday, the NYC School Construction Authority released their February update to the five-year capital plan. It contains not a single penny of additional funding to relieve school overcrowding and continues to fund only 33,417 new school seats – though the SCA testified last year that at least 70,000 […]
Feb. 26, 2026 A new Coalition has formed calling for an AI Moratorium in NYC Schools. The Coalition includes a growing number of organizations including AQE, Class Size Matters, Climate Families NYC, DSA Tech Action, MORE-UFT, NYC Kids PAC, the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy, Parents for AI Caution in Educational Spaces, and Racially Just […]
Feb. 26, 2026 1. A quick note, alerting you to the fact that this Tuesday, Feb 10. there will be rare hearings of the NYC Council Education Committee on Mayoral Control. The hearings will start at 10 AM at 250 Broadway 8th floor, Hearing Room 2. Likely the DOE will testify first and […]
Jan. 28, 2026 As I mentioned in my prior message, the entire suite of Kiddom digital products at a cost of $1.5 million was put back on the contract agenda for tomorrow’s PEP meeting, on Wed. January 28. The proposed contract document not only asks for the PEP to approve the entire suite of Kiddom […]
For Immediate Release: March 2, 2026 More information: Leonie Haimson, leonie@classsizematters.org; 917-435-9329 On Friday, the NYC School Construction Authority released their February update to the five-year capital plan. It contains not a single penny of additional funding to relieve school overcrowding and continues to fund only 33,417 new school seats – though the SCA testified […]
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 […]
This reso as an editable word doc is here. Draft resolution calling for a moratorium on use of AI in NYC public schools until rigorous guidelines can be enacted to prevent harm to students Whereas, 33 states and Puerto Rico as well as many large districts have released official guidance or guardrails on the use […]
Jan. 1, 2026 Just a quick update to let you know that yesterday, Zohran Mamdani announced that he was appointing District 3 Superintendent Kamar Samuels as his Chancellor. He also said he was renouncing his previous position that Mayoral control needs reform, expressed frequently during his campaign, and that he would ask the Legislature to […]
In smaller classes, my fourth graders are thriving. Will it last? by Jenna Lempesis, Chalkbeat Dec 21, 2021 Promoting small class sizes in New York public schools, multiple groups call on city council to legislate [in Chinese] NTDTV Evening News December 17, 2021 Mulgrew to Council Speaker: Shouldn’t Wait for Adams, Reduce Class Size by […]
Adams Gives Himself ‘Solid B+’ on First Year. How’s He Done? Katie Honan, The City December 26, 2022 The “Learning Loss” Trap Editorial, Rethinking Schools Winter 2022-2023 NYC schools pull $31M textbook contract vote after parent, teacher backlash Cayla Bamberger, NY Daily News December 1, 2022 Teachers: Grand Island Public Schools class size guidelines the […]
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.
