Check our NYC Council testimony about the unconscionable budget cuts that the mayor has proposed, that would led to the elimination of 6,000 teaching positions and the sharpest increases in class size in over thirty years. Also check out our proposals as to where more than $1 billion in resources can be found to prevent […]
Nearly half a million children currently attend overcrowded schools, one quarter of all elementary schools have waiting lists for Kindergarten, and due to residential development, the DOE admits that they will need at least 58,000 more seats over the next five years. The state pays for half of all funds spent on new school construction. […]
Is this really pocket overcrowding, as the DOE still maintains? With now, waiting lists at more than one fourth of the city’s elementary schools? Check out the maps below. Just as the administration cuts the capital plan back by almost 50%…..see for yourself the evidence of the growing overcrowding crisis in our schools. Though the […]
2011 FAQ on class size in NYC schools Frequently asked questions about class size 2011: What can a NYC parent do? (pdf) https://classsizematters.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/FAQ-class-size-2011.pdf
The Independent Parent Survey: Views of New York City public school parents and parent leaders on class size, testing, and Mayoral control February 2008
Last week, the Center for American Progress released a report by Matthew Chingos, who previously wrote a highly-flawed critique of Florida’s class size reduction program. (See my recent debate with Chingos on CNN.) CAP has put out a series of reports posing as educational research, but this must be one of the least impressive. Despite […]
Philip Babcock and Julian R. Betts, “Reduced-class Distinctions: Effort, Ability and the Education Production Function,” NBER Working paper 14777, March 2009. Results indicate that small classes elicit enhanced effort and engagement by disadvantaged students.
Spyros Konstantopoulos and Vicki Chun, “What Are the Long-Term Effects of Small Classes on the Achievement Gap? Evidence from the Lasting Benefits Study,” American Journal of Education 116, November 2009.
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 .
