Testimony at Common Core Task Force Hearing
Out comments to the 2015 Common Core Task Force Hearing on November 6, 2015 and can be read here.
Reports, Testimonies, Etc.
Update on November 7th Conference, class size violations this fall, and time to move forward on school overcrowding
October 23, 2015 Dear Friend, I wanted to update you on our citywide conference on Nov. 7 at PS 133 in Brooklyn, where we will develop an action agenda for the NYC public schools. Two new speakers have confirmed: Public Advocate Letitia James and City Council Education Chair Danny Dromm. They will let us know […]
Class Size Questions for DOE at the October CEC C4E Hearings
The public can submit questions and comments to [email protected] on the city’s failure to reduce class size until Nov. 6, 2015. You can also ask questions and comment at the October CEC meetings that are posted here. You can check out our comments submitted over the summer on the DOE’s proposed plan, or ask the […]
Comments on the Unacceptable Classroom Conditions at the Receivership Schools, Including Flushing and Grover Cleveland HS
Tonight, Class Size Matters will be speaking at the Flushing HS receivership hearings, and tomorrow morning at the Grover Cleveland HS hearings. It is a travesty that 66% of the struggling schools on the State receivership list and 57% of the schools on the City’s renewal list continue to suffer from class sizes of 30 […]
Please Take and Share Our Five Minute Class Size Survey
Please Take and share our Class Size Survey below. You can also take it by clicking here. Loading…
Why Parents Opt Out and Our Lawsuit vs The City on School Leadership Team Meetings
August 28, 2015 Dear Friends, A few quick links I wanted to share with you. Last week, I wrote an op-ed with Jeanette Deutermann of Long Island Opt for City and State about why an estimated 225,000 NY parents chose to have their children refuse the state exams last year. Despite the rash of editorials excoriating parents for […]
Update on struggling schools scandal and our C4E comments
August 17, 2015 Dear Friends, I wanted to bring to your attention to a piece I wrote in today’s Gotham Gazette, that puts the recent credit recovery scandals in context and proposes an alternative vision for NYC struggling schools. Please take a look and let me know what you think! Saturday was the deadline for comments […]
The city’s attempt to bury the news of its rejection of the Blue Book Working Group’s recommendations on class size
July 31, 2015 Yesterday, in the middle of summer, the DOE finally released the recommendations of its own Blue Book working group, recommendations which had been finalized last December, according to several reliable sources. (Chalkbeat wrongly reports the date as March.) See also Schoolbook, WNYC radio and DNAinfo, for more information on the recommendations — […]
Update: Public Advocate and NYC Council Final Letter on need for expanded capital plan & Commission
On June 15, 2015 Public Advocate Letitia James, 22 Council Members, many parent leaders and Presidents of Community Education Councils, along with Class Size Matters and the UFT, sent a letter to the Chancellor and the Mayor, urging them to double the seats in the capital plan for school construction, and appoint a Commission to […]
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.
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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 .
