Leonie Haimson at Occupy the DOE
Leonie Haimson speaks at Occupy the DOE in Washington D.C., April 2013. Check it out here, or below. Share this:
Videos
Clips from our March 14, 2013 press conference
Here are some news clips and video footage of our March 13, 2013 press conference on student privacy violations. For more information about our press conference, click here. Parents, Experts Blast New State Database of Private Student Info NBC New York/AP View more videos at: http://nbcnewyork.com. Civil Rights Attorney Norman Siegel speaks up Read more
NYC parents, attorneys and public officials protest state and city plan to provide confidential student data to corporations
For immediate release, March 14, 2013 For more information: Leonie Haimson leonie@classsizematters.org ; 917-435-9329 Share this:
Leonie Haimson on student privacy concerns
Leonie Haimson sat down with Partnership for Student Advocacy’s Mary Conway-Speigel to talk about NY State Education Department’s current plan to turn over private, personally-identifiable student data with a Gates-funded corporation who will then make this data available to commercial vendors. Check our fact sheet here for more information. Share this:
Leonie Haimson on the importance of small classes
Mary Conway- Spiegel, from the Partnership For Student Advocacy, interviewed Leonie Haimson about the importance of small class sizes. Check it out by following the link, here. Or watch it below. Share this:
Leonie Haimson speaks at CEC 6 – 01/17/13
Leonie Haimson, Executive Director of Class Size Matters, gave a presentation to CEC 6 on class size and student privacy violations in NYC, on January 17, 2013. Our fact sheet on student privacy is located here. Our FAQs sheet on class size is located here. Part One Part Two ; Read more
Comments on failed negotiations over teacher evaluation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Leonie Haimson Thursday January 17, 2013 917-435-9329 Comments on failed negotiations over teacher evaluation If the Governor goes ahead with punishing NYC children for the mayor’s failures by subtracting $250 million from state aid, it will be terribly unfair. Yet there is little doubt that Read more
Leonie Haimson at Bank Street’s Teacher and Principal Evaluation Panel 05/16/12
Leonie Haimson, executive director of Class Size Matters, speaks out against high-stakes testing, and its impact upon public school students and parents, at Bank Street’s Teacher and Principal Evaluation Panel in May, 2012. Share this:
Parent Activists and Class Size Matters fight for student privacy rights 10/14/2012
NYC parent advocates and Class Size Matters joined with famed civil rights attorney, Norman Siegel, for a news conference on October 14, 2012. The Associated Press reported the activists calling on State Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, and Board of Regents Chancellor, Merryl Tisch, to defend students’ privacy protections against using student records for commercial purposes. Read more
Letter to NYS Officials Questioning Legality of Providing Confidential Student Data to Corporations
For Immediate Release: October 14, 2012 For more information contact: Norman Siegel: (347) 907-0867; NSiegel@stellp.com Leonie Haimson: (917) 435-9329; leonie@classsizematters.org Attorney and Parents Send Letter to NYS Attorney General & Education Officials Questioning Legality of Providing Confidential Student Data to Limited Corporation and Demanding Parental Right to Consent On Sunday, October 14, at a press Read more
NYC Public School Parents Blog
- My twitter interchange with Murdoch about Amplify's losses, and a NYC parent responds to Amplify's sales pitch May 20, 2013
- Another controversial co-location proposal: hearing Monday on charter school taking space from Harlem adult learning center May 19, 2013
- Letter to King & Regents about inBloom Inc. from CM Robert Jackson, Class Size Matters, Learning Disabilities Association, AQE and CEJ May 19, 2013
- Video of Mayoral forum, moderated by Diane Ravitch; and will Bill Thompson ask Merryl Tisch to stop the sharing of students' personal data with inBloom? May 18, 2013
- Had enough of testing? Have your child boycott the upcoming field tests! May 16, 2013
