Testimony on the DOE preliminary education budget for FY 2027
My testimony showing how DOE has no actual plan to provide sufficient space for class size reduction.
Testimonies & Comments
Please attend our session to ask us questions on class size
March 16, 2026 We’re holding a class size briefing and conversation via Zoom this Thursday, March 19 at 6 PM for anyone who has questions about what the DOE is currently doing or not doing on class size, what they are proposing to do next year, and/or if you would like to share what’s happening […]
Help us speak out on class size and AI!
March 10, 2026 Dear all: Parents, teachers and others should attend the Chancellor’s upcoming Listening Sessions to make your voice heard on the issues that concern you, whether this be the failure of the DOE to provide space for the hundreds of schools that do not have the room at their current enrollment to lower […]
Newly released Capital Plan shows that Mayor Mamdani and NYC DOE have no strategy to create enough space necessary to comply with the class size law
For Immediate Release: March 2, 2026 More information: Leonie Haimson, leonie@classsizematters.org; 917-435-9329 On Friday, the NYC School Construction Authority released their February update to the five-year capital plan. It contains not a single penny of additional funding to relieve school overcrowding and continues to fund only 33,417 new school seats – though the SCA testified […]
CECs Pass Resolutions for an AI Moratorium in NYC Schools
Below is a draft resolution calling for a moratorium on the use of AI in NYC public schools until rigorous guidelines can be enacted to prevent harm to students and the environment. Please reach out to your CEC, Community Board or other organization to consider passing this resolution or a similar one. We also have […]
Why for true accountability, Mayoral Control must be reformed
February 10, 2026 Below is the written City Council testimony for the Feb. 10 hearing on Mayoral control. More observations and testimonies for the hearing are posted on the NYC Parents blog here. Feb. 12 Update: Just two days after the hearing, my list of major scandals and corruption under Mayoral control listed in […]
Class size 2026: where are we now and where are we going?
Here is a briefing I gave to CB 12 in Manhattan; if you’d like a similar one with data specific to your district for your CEC, Community Board or other community/parent group, please contact us at info@classsizematters.org; thanks! “
The need for rigorous protections for the use of AI in schools
Jan. 12, 2026 Here is the presentation I gave CB 12 in Manhattan on January 8, 2026, on the multiple risks of using AI in K12 schools, and the need for rigorous protections. If your CEC, Community Board, or other organization would like a similar briefing, please reach out to us. Thanks! “
What Zohran said about Mayoral control — and my response
Jan. 1, 2026 Just a quick update to let you know that yesterday, Zohran Mamdani announced that he was appointing District 3 Superintendent Kamar Samuels as his Chancellor. He also said he was renouncing his previous position that Mayoral control needs reform, expressed frequently during his campaign, and that he would ask the Legislature to […]
2025: A watershed year for Class Size Matters. Will you support our work to ensure more progress in 2026?
Dec. 29, 2025 This has been a watershed year for class size in NYC public schools. Nearly 750 schools lowered class size this fall to far smaller levels, and about 60% of classes achieved the benchmarks required by the law which we helped pass in 2022. In these classrooms, teachers are ecstatic about the changes […]
2026 Skinny Awards honoring Diane Ravitch May 19!
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Sign our petition asking for a moratorium on the use of AI
Sign the petition asking for a moratorium on the use of AI until rigorous safeguards are established to protect student privacy, learning and the environment.
New: Webmap of Utilization in NYC Schools
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How NYC Parents can better protect their children’s data privacy
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NYC parents, teachers & school staff: Please tell us what your class sizes are this year
Why class size matters!
Talk out of School: WBAI Sunday at 7 PM EST or as a podcast
Talk out of School radio show and podcast airs Sunday night at 7 PM on WBAI 99.5 FM or online at www.wbai.org when Leonie Haimson, Daniel Alicea and Kaliris Salas Ramirez interview guests and discuss issues affecting public schools in NYC, the state level and nationally. You can stream or subscribe to the podcast here at Simplecast; or at iTunes, Spotify or Google.
Sign our petition on class size!
Sign here to urge NYC to implement a real, multi-year strategy to lower class size, as the law intends, without exempting up to half or more of all students.
