Last week at the Save Our Schools conference, Robin Hiller of Voices for Education and I presented a workshop on class size reduction vs. Race to the Top. The room at American University was standing room only. I learned that Robin became involved in class size issue when her daughter was in a class of […]
July 26.2011 Yesterday, along with the NYC Parents Union and many individual parent plaintiffs, we filed a lawsuit against DOE regarding their policy of co-locating charter schools in DOE buildings. Our decision to sue the city was not taken likely, and was based upon two principal concerns: 1. According to NY state law, districts are […]
Sign our petition now, asking the State and City Comptroller to reject no-bid contracts with Murdoch’s Wireless Generation, with copies sent to the State Education Commissioner John King, the NY Board of Regents, NYC Chancellor Walcott, and the federal independent investigator for the US Dept. of Ed (since the state program is supposed to be […]
On June 29, 2011, along with the final city budget, the NYC Council approved two new important bills requiring more transparent reporting from the NYC Department of Education. According to the first bill, 354-A, the DOE will now be required to report each year by June 30 on the number of students discharged by individual […]
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
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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