Every year since 2007, NYC parents have voted smaller classes their #1 priority, according to the Department of Education’s own annual surveys. In addition, the state passed a law in 2007 called the Contracts for Excellence (C4E), requiring that NYC reduce class size in all grades, in return for receiving additional state aid. Yet class […]
New York is one of five states that have agreed to share confidential NYC student and teacher data in Phase I with the “Shared Learning Collaborative” or SLC, a project of the Gates Foundation. The other states and districts in Phase I include North Carolina (Guilford Co.), Colorado (Jefferson Co.), Illinois (Unit 5 Normal and […]
The following 2004 letter written by Kathleen Grimm, then- DOE Deputy Chancellor, Finance and Administration, was a response to State Senator Eric Schneiderman’s inquiry into class sizes. Full download available here: DOE letter Schneiderman 12.8.2004 [scribd id=106563299 key=key-23figfx93rwba6319qbf mode=scroll]
The following document is from the 2005 press release of City Council Speaker Gifford Miller, Council Member Robert Jackson (plaintiff in CFE lawsuit), New York State Senate Deputy Minority Leader Eric T. Schneiderman and education advocates, held at City Hall. The press release calls on State Comptroller Alan Hevesi to audit Department of Education (DOE) […]
After writing the NYC Independent Budget Office(IBO), asking them to analyze the 2003-2004 Department of Education (DOE) class registers for discrepancies in reporting, in 2004, Leonie Haimson received the following response. In their analysis, the IBO found, class sizes had increased in Kindergarten for the first time in several years. Furthermore, they reported class size […]
Teacher Unions Put to Test: http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000115361&play=1
In 2006, Leonie Haimson, Executive Director of Class Size Matters, wrote this Amicus Brief during the CFE lawsuit on behalf of the coalition, New Yorkers for Smaller Classes. In the brief, Haimson argues the court must maintain oversight and accountability over the distribution of Contracts for Excellence Funds for New York City class sizes. Downloadable […]
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Leonie Haimson testified before the Report & Advisory Board Review Commission on May 11, 2012 about the need to continue the twice a year class size and annual Temporary Classroom Units (TCUs) reporting. The testimony is downloadable here and below. [scribd id=99847950 key=key-u0g278x1gneiseslv6g mode=list]
Speaker Quinn’s push for mandatory Kindergarten in NYC, now being considered in the NYS Legislature, is likely to send thousands of new children into a schools system that is already struggling with Kindergarten waiting lists, overcrowding, and increasing class sizes. Our analysis here and below suggests what the impact may be, and proposes that the […]
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!
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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.
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