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April 15, 2024 Last week the State Education Department released an excellent report, summarizing the public testimony at the borough hearings and in writing on Mayoral control, and analyzing our NYC school governance system compared to others across the country. The report contained recommendations about how the system should be changed, by giving more voice […]
April 16, 2024 in Newsletters, Updates by leoniehaimson
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Check out our critique and comments on DOE’s talking points here and below.
April 15, 2024 in Testimonies & Comments, Uncategorized, Updates by leoniehaimson
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March 18, 2024 Today, the City Council is holding hearings on the education budget; public testimony begins at about 2:30 PM. You can sign up to speak in person or remotely here, to protest the looming budget cuts, the rising class sizes, and the fact that the DOE has slashed billions from the capital plan, […]
March 18, 2024 in Testimonies & Comments, Uncategorized, Updates by Michael Rance
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By Leonie Haimson & Michael Rance On February 29, dozens of public officials, teachers, parents, and advocates gathered at City Hall and spoke up passionately for smaller classes and the class size law. We’ve included a video of the press conference above, which includes some remarks by Leonie, our Executive Director. Thanks to everyone who […]
March 7, 2024 in Uncategorized, Updates by Michael Rance
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March 1, 2024 The DOE performance at the class size hearing yesterday at the City Council was very depressing. Despite urging by Council Education Chair Rita Joseph and other Council Members, Senators Liu and Robert Jackson, UFT leaders, and many parents, DOE officials refused to commit to any steps to lower class size. Instead, COO […]
March 1, 2024 in Testimonies & Comments, Uncategorized, Updates by leoniehaimson
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Our new hand-out with an updated FAQ on the new law, complete with a brief rebuttal of some of the myths surrounding the law here and below.
February 20, 2024 in Reports & Memos, Uncategorized, Updates by leoniehaimson
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Here is the brief presentation I gave as part of a Workshop at the Black and Hispanic Caucus weekend in Albany on Feb. 17, entitled “Every Student Deserves Small Classes: The Road Map towards Compliance with the State Law.” Please share with others if you can!
February 19, 2024 in Presentations, Uncategorized, Updates by leoniehaimson
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Feb. 7, 2024 Here and below is our Feb. 1 testimony to the State legislature on the budget, and how DOE is doing nothing to comply with the new class size law. In fact, as we point out below, class sizes have increased in most schools over the last two years, a trend that is […]
February 7, 2024 in Testimonies & Comments, Uncategorized, Updates by leoniehaimson
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Feb. 6, 2024 Below is the presentation I gave last night to the Education Committee of the NYC Bar Association, on the history and the myths surrounding Mayoral control. Below that is my longer testimony on Mayoral control to the State Education Department, that goes into more depth on these issues. NYSED is supposed to […]
February 7, 2024 in Presentations, Testimonies & Comments, Uncategorized, Updates by leoniehaimson
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