Class Size Matters Board of Directors

Le Roi Gill, President

Advocacy Director, Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development

Brad Hoylman, Vice President

General Counsel, The Partnership for New York City

Jill Chaifetz, Treasurer

Executive Director, Advocates for Children of New York, Inc.

Jan Atwell, Secretary

Coordinator, New Yorkers for Smaller Classes

Leonie Haimson

Executive Director, Class Size Matters

Class Size Matters Advisory Board

Dr. Helen Pate-Bain

Former teacher and Professor at Tennessee State University, founder of Project STAR in Tennessee.  Founder and director, www.reduceclasssizenow.org

Dr. Charles M. Achilles

Professor of Educational Leadership at Eastern Michigan University and Seton Hall University.  Principal investigator for Project STAR study, and author, co-author or editor of more than 70 publications, including Let’s Put Kids First, Finally: Getting Class Size Right (1999).

Dr. Jeremy Finn

Professor at SUNY Buffalo and author of “Class size reduction in grades K-3” in: A. Molnar (Ed.), School reform proposals: The research evidence (2002), “The enduring effects of small classes,” Teachers College Record (2001), and “Class Size and Students at Risk” (1999), commissioned by the US Department of Education.

Dr. Alan Krueger

Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, Director of the Princeton University Survey Research Center, Director of the Industrial Relations Section  and Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research.  In 1994-5, he served as Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Labor.  Author of many articles on the economic and academic benefits of smaller classes.

Dr. Alex Molnar

Professor of Education Policy and Principal Investigator of the SAGE studies on smaller classes in Wisconsin.  Director of Education Policy Studies Laboratory and Director of the Education Policy Research Unit, Arizona State University.