Today we sent a letter to Assembly leaders, protesting their proposal to eliminate all traces of the Contracts for Excellence (C4E) from the state budget. Why they have done this I have no idea, especially as the C4E law is one of the few remaining traces of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE) lawsuit, requiring […]
We have heard that there is going to be privacy language in the budget bill due April 1 — just one week from tomorrow. Please call your legislators in the Assembly and Senate today and tell them the language in A8929 needs strengthening to make it clear that parents will have the right to opt […]
May 5, 2011: the NY State Education Department sends a letter to the State Comptroller Di Napoli, asking him to approve a $27 million no-bid contract with Wireless Generation, to build the state’s student and teacher data system, required under Race to the Top. Wireless Gen built NYC’s data system, ARIS. June 8, 2011: Daily […]
Please sign our petition, asking the Chancellor Fariña and the Panel for Educational Policy to reverse the damaging school co-locations voted on during the last few months of the Bloomberg administration. Be read the petition and be sure to add your comments at the top concerning any specific co-locations proposed for your school or community, as […]
Dear folks: I hope you all had a lovely holiday. As you know, Class Size Matters is an organization with a large impact but a small budget. We count on donations from individuals like you to keep going. To continue our efforts on behalf of children’s right to small classes, we urge you to make […]
For immediate release Wednesday, Nov.13, 2013 For more information contact: Leonie Haimson, [email protected]; 917-435-9329 LAWSUIT FILED IN NY STATE COURT TO PROTECT STUDENT PRIVACY AND BLOCK INBLOOM This morning, Wednesday November 13, a lawsuit and a request for a restraining order will be filed in the New York State Supreme Court in Albany against […]
What is the state and your school district doing about inBloom? A shorter version of this FAQ was published in Schoolbook on Tuesday, July 23, 2013; please go leave a comment. A pdf version of the information can be downloaded below. And please make your voices heard by sending a letter to the New York […]
Frequently asked questions about the Contracts for Excellence (C4E) Law, and what parents, teachers, and administrators can do! Downloadable Version: F.A.Q.s on C4E Law (Revised April, 2013) [scribd id=115624413 key=key-2gblwk6gdqntfkyuwvm8 mode=scroll]
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 .
