The NYC Department of Education and public schools are using more than 500 ed tech programs and other apps that collect, process and at times redisclose personal student data in ways that undermine children’s privacy. We have found that the privacy policies and practices of some of these programs are not fully compliant with the […]
Oct. 13, 2025 Our special privacy briefing for parents via Zoom has now been rescheduled for Wed. Oct 22 at 6 PM, and it will be co-sponsored as well by the Educational Council Consortium along with Class Size Matters and the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy. You can register here. We will go over what […]
Sept. 23, 2025 Dear all — Last Thursday, September 18, 2025, several large charter school networks held a protest rally in Cadmen Plaza and a march across the Brooklyn Bridge to push for the continued expansion of the charter school sector. This was apparently provoked by the fact that the leading candidate for Mayor, Zohran […]
October 3, 2025 Dear all – 1. Diane Ravitch has written a tremendously enthralling book about her life and career, entitled An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else. It’s available now for purchase at Columbia Univ Press or Amazon or at your local bookstore. I’ll be interviewing Diane about […]
An analysis of NYC Comptroller audits from 2003 to 2025 finds that Brad Lander has done only four audits of the Department of Education – far fewer than any other Comptroller at this point in office.
July 7, 2025 I hope you had a great Independence Day weekend. Just a quick reminder to let you know that public comments on DOE’s draft Class Size Reduction Plan for next year are due no later than July 8, tomorrow Tuesday at midnight. You can send your comments to ContractsForExcellence@schools.nyc.gov. You can also sign […]
Sept. 15, 2025 1. Welcome back to another school year. Along with the cell phone ban, another important change is that 741 schools received funds to hire about 3,700 additional teachers to lower class size, with the goal of no more than 20 students per class in grades K-3; 23 in grades […]
You can access this summary here or below. Important to note that the brief Parent Bill of Rights offered by the state and posted by DOE omits many of the most important rights of parents under State Law 2D. “
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 […]
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.
