Update: Fact Sheet on School Overcrowding and the Capital Plan
See our fact sheet on school overcrowding and the capital plan below. Click on the link to download.
Updates
Updates on opt out and NYC KidsPAC releases Mayor de Blasio’s education report card
April 20, 2015 Dear Friends, As you may have heard, a huge number of kids opted out of the ELA exams last week throughout NY State; the unofficial count so far is more than 183,000 with 72% of districts reporting. Many teachers reported difficult, confusing reading passages on our blog with ambiguous questions, sometimes many […]
Mayor de Blasio’s Education Report Card
For immediate release: April 19, 2015 Contact: Shino Tanikawa, 917-770-8438, shinot@verizon.net Leonie Haimson, 917-435-9329, leonie@classsizematters.org Parents and Advocates release Education report card for Mayor de Blasio Grades range from As to Fs in many crucial areas Today, Sunday April 19 at noon, in front of the Department of Education headquarters at Tweed, […]
Leonie Haimson on NY1 Inside City Hall
Click on the link below to watch Leonie Haimson on NY1 Inside City Hall with an education panel discussion on the Common Core. http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/inside-city-hall/2015/04/16/ny1-online–education-panel-debates-common-core.html
Leonie on BK Live about NYS School Test Opt Out
Watch the video below for my discussion on To the Point on BK live about why parents are opting out of NYS standardized tests.
Historic opt out levels, media today & join us Sunday to give a report card to the Mayor!
April 16, 2015 Dear Friends, 1. Today (Thursday, April 16, 2015) I’ll be on the national public radio show, To The Point at 2PM EST & Inside City Hall on NY1 at 7 & 10 PM EST talking about testing and opting out. Please listen and watch! 2. This week, the opt-out movement reached historic levels across the […]
Flawed state budget bill gives parents more reasons to opt out
April 2, 2015 Dear Friend, 1. On Tuesday night, a state budget bill was approved that doubles down on high-stakes testing and removes any local input– with student “growth scores” on the state exams linked to teacher ratings in a uniform evaluation system. Teachers must do well in terms of student scores to achieve an […]
Sign up for our annual Skinny Awards on June 12th!
You’re invited! Class Size Matters will hold our annual Skinny Awards on Wednesday, June 12th. You can sign up for the event here.
Take our 5-minute class size survey!
Talk out of School: WBAI Sunday at 7 PM EST or as a podcast
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.
Skinny award dinner honoring Rep. Jamaal Bowman!
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 .
