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 2, 2025 Public comments are due on DOE’s draft Class Size Reduction Plan for the 2025-2026 school no later than July 8, next Tuesday, by emailing ContractsForExcellence@schools.nyc.gov. You can also sign onto our comments, by entering your information here no later than Monday June 7 at midnight. An appendix with charts backing up these […]
July 2, 2025 The appendix to our comments with charts on the DOE draft class size plan for 2025-2026 is here and below. “
June 7, 2025 Here is our briefing at the Parent Action Conference on June 7, on the class size situation in NYC public schools and the deficiencies in the DOE’s plan to comply with the class size law, passed in 2022, requiring smaller classes in all grades to be phased in by Sept. 2028.
Our June 7 Parent Action Conference was a great success, with terrific speeches from former principal and Congressman Jamaal Bowman and NYC Council Education Chair Rita Joseph, as well as informative presentations, thought-provoking discussions and a call to action. If your CEC or community group would like a similar presentation on any of the topics […]
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 […]
The original DOE spreadsheet listing schools by DBN & number of teachers to be hired is posted here. “
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 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 […]
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We honored Dr. Betty Rosa, former Bronx principal, District Superintendent, Board of Regents member and now NY State Education Commissioner for courageously standing up against the Trump administration on the importance of preserving Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs in our public schools. 
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.
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