Oct. 7, 2026 1.There’s an important bill just waiting on Gov. Hochul’s desk to be signed, S.9051/A.10379, that would restrict dangerous AI chatbots for the first time. Chatbots have been shown to undermine student learning, mental health and social development, yet they are still being used in many NYC schools –including Google Search, which acts […]
Below is a memo of support from Class Size Matters, Parent Coalition for Student Privacy and NYC Kids PAC for S.9051/A.10379, an important bill that would regulate the use of dangerous chatbots. This bill passed both the NY State Senate and Assembly last session, but has not yet been signed by Gov. Hochul. As the […]
Sept. 16, 2026 Yesterday’s City Council rally and hearing on the excessive use of ed tech and screen time in our schools represented an important step forwarrd in creating more awareness and pressure on the Department of Education to improve their weak guidelines on screen time for students, which have far too many loopholes and […]
Sept. 10, 2026 Welcome back to a new school year! I hope you all had a great summer and a good Labor day break. There is a lot happening. Last week, the Mayor and the Chancellor announced new AI/screen time policies to be implemented this school year, while longer term guidance will be developed. Some […]
We sent these questions to DOE on Sept. 4, 2026. We will add the answers if and when we get a response. Meanwhile, parents and others are encouraged to ask these and other questions of their choice to their principals and Superintendents as well. Follow-up questions to DOE about their new AI / screentime policies […]
Sept. 2, 2026 Below is the press release the AI Moratorium Coalition put out this morning. Much of the reporting on the DOE’s revised policy has so far been inaccurate or misleading. Here are the slides that were presented to our steering commitee yesterday. The last slide has bullet points made up of responses to […]
For immediate release: August 3, 2026 Contact: Leonie Haimson, leonie@classsizematters.org; 917-435-9329 Last week, Class Size Matters and the Education Law Center sent a letter pointing out the serious deficiencies in the draft NYC Department of Education proposed class size plan, urging Chancellor Samuels revise and strengthen this proposal before it is submitted to the State […]
July 29, 2026 Earlier today Class Size Matters and the Education Law Center sent a letter to Chancellor Samuels as part of the public comment process, urging DOE to improve and amend the draft class size reduction proposal. We called for clear descriptions of the specific funding, policies and levers that will be employed to […]
July 29, 2026 A bill called the College Transparency Act is being considered by the Senate HELP committee. It would overturn the prohibition against the federal government collecting personally identifiable student information and instead would authorize the creation of a new federal database to track all students enrolled in a higher education institution throughout their […]
July 22, 2026 Dear all: Hope you are having a relaxing summer. Meanwhile, here are some important dates and events coming up in the next week: 1- The deadline for families to sign up for a portion of the $17.25M Naviance court settlement for violating student privacy is this Monday, July 27. You […]
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