PDF of this testimony here. March 15, 2019 Thank you for holding these hearings today. My name is Leonie Haimson and I am the Executive Director of Class Size Matters, a citywide advocacy organization dedicated to providing information on the benefits of smaller classes. I am also the co-chair of the Parent Coalition for Student […]
Presentation given at the terrific education forum sponsored by Jackson Heights People for Public Schools on March 16, 2019.
1. Please email your legislators TODAY to urge them to fully fund our schools but requiring stronger accountability, transparency and an actual plan that results in smaller classes in the NYC public schools, as envisioned in the original Campaign for Fiscal Equity decision. In that case, the state’s highest court concluded that NYC students were […]
See below for a one pager (pdf) you can download. Amend Mayoral control so that there is no longer a mayoral majority on the Board of Education (AKA Panel for Educational Policy) and/or make NYC Department of Education policies subject to city law and checks and balances via the NYC City Council like all other city […]
This blog post was originally posted here. PDF version is available here. Wednesday, February 27, 2019. Requiem for the Renewal schools: what went wrong? On February 26, 2019, the Mayor and the Chancellor Carranza announced an end to the Renewal program, which has cost the city $773 million since 2014. Since that time, of the 94 schools put on the list […]
Here is a summary of class size trends in NYC public schools, for all grade levels. For district specific trends, please email us [email protected] In short, though the state’s highest court concluded in 2003 that smaller classes were needed for NYC students to receive their constitutional right to a sound basic education, class sizes are […]
January 23, 2019 Save the date! Class Size Matters will be holding our annual Parent Action Conference, co-sponsored with NYC Kids PAC and CEC District 2, on Saturday, March 9 at the Peck Slip School, in downtown Manhattan. We will be sharing our Action Agenda for this year. To reserve your ticket now, or for […]
Today is the last day of 2018. This year may be nearly over, but our fight for smaller classes and student privacy is still as critical as ever. We need your support to continue our work; please make a tax-deductible donation to Class Size Matters today. Our organization only survives because of contributors like you, dedicated […]
2018 is nearly done, but our fight for smaller classes and student privacy continues. We rely on your support to make this happen; please make a tax-deductible donation to Class Size Matters today. Our organization survives only because of the generosity of individuals like you, who understand that all children deserve classes small enough to receive real […]
Please donate to Class Size Matters today; we rely on your support to continue our fight for smaller classes, an end to school overcrowding and better privacy protections for students in NYC, NY state and the nation as a whole. We can only survive because of the generosity of individuals like you, parents, teachers and concerned citizens, […]
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.
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 and Daniel Alicea interview guests and discuss issues affecting public schools in NYC, the state level and nationally. You can stream or subscribe to the podcast here; or at iTunes, Spotify or Google.
We held our annual Skinny award dinner Wed. June 28, 2023, honoring Rep. Jamaal Bowman, former Bronx principal and now a progressive trailblazer who is fighting in Congress to protect and improve our public schools. More photos on Facebook .
