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En Español: Brooklyn parents & teachers call for moratorium on high-stakes testing in New York State
In English Nosotros, los miembros del Equipo de Liderazgo Escolar (School Leadership Team o SLT) de la Brooklyn New School BNS (PS146) , exigimos una moratoria a los nuevos exámenes estandarizados en el estado de Nueva York. Como padres y maestros, no nos oponemos a los exámenes estandarizados, cuando se utiliza correctamente. Cómo se practican Read more
New York State inBloom fact sheet (Spanish) (need to edit)
¡Pongamos fin a la divulgación de los datos confidenciales de estudiantes y profesores de NYC! Tal como informaron Reuters y Daily News, el estado de NY y el DOE de NYC tienen previsto divulgar información privada de estudiantes y profesores a una compañía llamada inBloom Inc, la cual almacenara dicha información en una vulnerable “nube Read more
Send an email to the DOE about class size today!
Every year since 2007, NYC parents have voted smaller classes their #1 priority, according to the Department of Education’s own annual surveys. In addition, the state passed a law in 2007 called the Contracts for Excellence (C4E), requiring that NYC reduce class size in all grades, in return for receiving additional state aid. Yet class Read more
NY & other states plan to share confidential student info without parental consent
New York is one of five states that have agreed to share confidential NYC student and teacher data in Phase I with the “Shared Learning Collaborative” or SLC, a project of the Gates Foundation. The other states and districts in Phase I include North Carolina (Guilford Co.), Colorado (Jefferson Co.), Illinois (Unit 5 Normal and Read more
2004 DOE Letter
The following 2004 letter written by Kathleen Grimm, then- DOE Deputy Chancellor, Finance and Administration, was a response to State Senator Eric Schneiderman’s inquiry into class sizes. Full download available here: DOE letter Schneiderman 12.8.2004
2005 NY City Council Class Size Press Release
The following document is from the 2005 press release of City Council Speaker Gifford Miller, Council Member Robert Jackson (plaintiff in CFE lawsuit), New York State Senate Deputy Minority Leader Eric T. Schneiderman and education advocates, held at City Hall. The press release calls on State Comptroller Alan Hevesi to audit Department of Education (DOE) Read more
2004 IBO Class Size Analysis
After writing the NYC Independent Budget Office(IBO), asking them to analyze the 2003-2004 Department of Education (DOE) class registers for discrepancies in reporting, in 2004, Leonie Haimson received the following response. In their analysis, the IBO found, class sizes had increased in Kindergarten for the first time in several years. Furthermore, they reported class size Read more
Leonie Haimson on Chicago Teacher’s Union, CNBC 9/11/2012
Teacher Unions Put to Test: http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000115361&play=1
2006 Memorandum Submitted by New Yorkers for Smaller Classes
In 2006, Leonie Haimson, Executive Director of Class Size Matters, wrote this Amicus Brief during the CFE lawsuit on behalf of the coalition, New Yorkers for Smaller Classes. In the brief, Haimson argues the court must maintain oversight and accountability over the distribution of Contracts for Excellence Funds for New York City class sizes. Downloadable Read more
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