One Voice United Rally
Rally together on June 8 at noon! Download here. Or see below: Share this:
Updates
Letter to Commissioner King and the Regents concerning inBloom
On May 15, 2013, education activists sent a letter to the New York State Regents and Chancellor, alerting them to the fact that 4 out of 9 states have pulled out of inBloom, Inc, and providing updates on the April 29 Town Hall meeting. Download the letter here. Or read below. Share this:
7 myths of Class Size Reduction
F.A.Q.s about Class Size Reduction myths—-and the truth! Download here. Or see below: Share this:
Come to our Town Hall meeting on student privacy, April 29 at Brooklyn Borough Hall
Everyone is welcome to attend our Town Hall Meeting on student privacy & inBloom Inc. April 29, 2013 at 6pm, Brooklyn Borough Hall Download the flyer here. See our fact sheet here. Share this:
National fact sheet on privacy
Parents beware! Your state may be planning to share your child’s confidential information with private corporations Download the pdf of this fact sheet, here. Nine “pilot” states have agreed to share confidential student and teacher data with a Gates-funded corporation called inBloom Inc . The states currently involved include Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, New York, Kentucky, 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:
Opt out letter for New York State parents who do not want their child’s confidential information shared with private corporations
New York State and NYC, along with 8 other states (MA, LA, CO, IL, NC, GA, DE, KY) and more on the way, have agreed to share confidential student and teacher data with a Gates-funded organization called inBloom, Inc. So far, Reuters, the NY Daily News, Hechinger Report, Politics 365, and The Denver Post have 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
CSM 2013 C4E Presentations
Class Size Matters is presenting district-specific class size data and information on the city’s failure to comply with the Contracts for Excellence law to Community Education Councils in Feb. and March. The following schedule lists the districts that have signed up thus far. If you’re interested in having someone speak to your district CEC, contact Read more
Class size increasing citywide: 2013 data & trends for each district
According to the Contracts for Excellence (C4E) law, the DOE is supposed to be reducing class size in all grades. The city submitted a plan to do so in the fall of 2007, along with annual targets and five year goals. Instead, class size has risen substantially each year and is now the largest in Read more
NYC Public School Parents Blog
- Had enough of testing? Have your child boycott the upcoming field tests! May 16, 2013
- What's Happening In New York City's Schools? Leonie Haimson speaking in NW Bronx on Saturday May 16, 2013
- More on Pearson's incompetence; and a Pearson protest rally on May 23 May 14, 2013
- video: Meet Mr. Flowers of inBloom Inc. May 13, 2013
- Video and highlights from yesterday's UFT mayoral forum May 13, 2013
