See this DOE press release on their “new” revised amended five year capital plan, which they try to spin as a major restoration, but is really a major cut. In the Feb. 2010 plan (which was adopted in June), the DOE said they would fund 30,000 new seats at $4 billion, which we knew was Read more
Testimony of Leonie Haimson, Executive Director of Class Size Matters NYC Council Hearings on Preliminary Budget Hearing – Education – Expense April 8, 2011 Hello, my name is Leonie Haimson, Executive Director of Class Size Matters. Thank you for allowing me to testify today. Since yesterday, there has been tremendous instability and uncertainty in the Read more
According to Education Week, 32 states now have class size reduction programs or limit class size by law. In addition, Minneapolis has a city-funded class size reduction program for all grades through high school. The following is a summary of several of these programs and their results. Texas Texas was one of the first states Read more
September 22, 2010 Revelations concerning SED’s secret backdoor deal with DOE on class size See today’s Juan Gonzalez column here, about the backdoor deal made nearly seven months ago between State Education Commissioner Steiner and Joel Klein, to allow the city to nullify its legal and moral commitments to reduce class size, and to let Read more
September 27, 2010. testimony_on_testing_9._27.10_final.doc
Full comments posted here. Summary below. COMMENTS BY CLASS SIZE MATTERS ON A-190 PROPOSED REGULATIONS IN REGARDS SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN SCHOOL UTILIZATION AND PROCEDURES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS HOUSING MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL October 4, 2010 SUMMARY: Unfortunately, the proposed Educational Impact Statements, building plan template and Instructional footprint are inadequate to meet Read more
The only information out of the unrealiable 2009-2010 school progress reports that I would trust is the list of schools that got an “F” for environment, based predominantly on poor ratings from the parent and teacher learnng environment surveys, and in the case of middle and high schools, student surveys as well. Here is a Read more
Comments to the SUNY board on the application of Success Academy Charter School to be co-located in District 3 October 15, 2010 http://www.classsizematters.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/CSM_Comments_re_the_application_of_Success_Academy_to_D3.pdf
October 15, 2010 Class Size Matters comments_to SUNY board re_the_application_of_Bronx_Success_Academy charter school in_D7.pdf
Comments on the proposed KED charter school in District 2 http://www.classsizematters.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/comments_on_KED_charter_school.pdf
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