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Our testimony at today’s education budget hearings.
March 21, 2022 Our written testimony from today’s NYC Council education budget hearings is posted here and below. See also our report released yesterday on the likely effects of the proposed budget cuts to schools and the capital plan by sharply increasing class size and school overcrowding.
New report shows significant & beneficial declines in citywide class sizes that will increase once again if Mayor’s budget cuts are made
March 20, 2022 Today Class Size Matters released a new class size report, entitled “What has happened to class size this year and what will happen to class size if the Mayor’s cuts are enacted?” The report shows significant and highly beneficial decreases in average class size this year citywide due to enrollment decline, though […]
Why Mayoral control needs to be amended
Check out my testimony below and here, on why Mayoral control needs to be amended at the March 4 joint legislative hearings , which were the best in twenty years since this undemocratic and dysfunctional governance system was established. I explain why in my account of the proceedings; you can also watch the video here.
NYC has been excluded from more than $2.5 billion in state aid to make up for the cost of charter schools!
Since this post was written, the Education Law Center has released a similar analysis . According to an estimate from the Independent Budget Office, NYC schools have lost more than $2 billion in state aid between 2012 and 2020, because they are the only district in the state that is exempted from receiving state transitional […]
Support the bill that would make the Board of Regents the final arbiter of charter school approvals!
Below is the memo of support for S7666A and A8801 that we just sent the bill sponsors, Sen. Liu and AM Benedetto. Organizations should send in their own memos of support for this important bill.
Please urge your legislators to require NYC to lower class size via the state budget!
See the letter below, sent today to NY state legislators from Class Size Matters, the Alliance for Quality Education, the Education Law Center and NYC Kids PAC, urging them to require NYC to lower class size in their one-house budgets, so that the additional state funding our schools are due to receive will be invested […]
Urge the Office of Civil Rights to collect data on class size!
Feb. 10, 2022 Every few years the Office of Civil Rights of the US Dept. of Education asks for comments on what data they should collect from districts. Accurate data on class size is nearly impossible to find in many districts across the country, despite the fact that it is a key element in education […]
Tomorrow is the deadline for comments on urging the Office of Civil Rights to collect data on class size
Feb. 10, 2022 Accurate data on class size is nearly impossible to find in many districts across the country. The Office of Civil Rights of the US Dept. of Education is asking the public what additional data they should collect, with a deadline of tomorrow Friday Feb. 11 at 5 PM. If you’d like to […]
Top blog posts & podcasts from 2021
Dec. 31, 2021 Just a short email to wish you a wonderful New Year and to thank you for your support over the past months. I also thought you might be interested in checking out my most read blog posts and most-listened to Talk out of School podcasts from 2021. And if you haven’t yet, […]
Check out our new video: why class size matters!
Sign our petition for smaller classes
Click here to sign our petition for the smaller classes that our kids will need next year more than ever before.
How you can help NYC kids get smaller classes — & why this matters!
Click the image below for an FAQ on class size and how you can help us make this a reality for NYC kids!
NYC Public School Parents Blog
- Angry questions from Council Members met with incredible claims by Deputy Chancellor Weisberg at the budget hearings yesterday June 25, 2022
- Invitation to our June 27 "Skinny award" dinner; and please sign our petition to Gov. Hochul to sign the class size bill now! June 13, 2022
- Four simple steps to take to stop devastating cuts to school budgets June 10, 2022
- Huge budget cuts released for our schools; call the City Council to tell them no! June 7, 2022
- Class size bill passes state legislature! Now call the Governor and urge her to sign the bill! June 5, 2022
