Oct. 26, 2026 Two important events this week and one in the near future: 1- The UFT sent the following message to teachers about class size discussions that are supposed to be happening in every school this week. I asked the UFT if parents are supposed to be included in these discussions, as […]
Oct. 15, 2026 [updated Oct. 20, 2026 with more approved products] On Tuesday, DOE officials posted on an internal, private section of their website for school administrators a list of 94 107 ed tech products that they can purchase for use in their schools. They said that these products have gone through their (ineffective) privacy […]
Sept. 16, 2026 Yesterday’s City Council rally and hearing on the excessive use of ed tech and screen time in our schools represented an important step forward in creating more awareness and pressure on the Department of Education to improve their weak guidelines on screen time for students, which have far too many loopholes and […]
Oct. 7, 2026 1.There’s an important bill just waiting on Gov. Hochul’s desk to be signed, S.9051/A.10379, that would restrict dangerous AI chatbots for the first time. Chatbots have been shown to undermine student learning, mental health and social development, yet they are still being used in many NYC schools –including Google Search, which acts […]
Sept. 10, 2026 Welcome back to a new school year! I hope you all had a great summer and a good Labor day break. There is a lot happening. Last week, the Mayor and the Chancellor announced new AI/screen time policies to be implemented this school year, while longer term guidance will be developed. Some […]
Sept. 2, 2026 Below is the press release the AI Moratorium Coalition put out this morning. Much of the reporting on the DOE’s revised policy has so far been inaccurate or misleading. Here are the slides that were presented to our steering commitee yesterday. The last slide has bullet points made up of responses to […]
Tuesday August 25, 2026 NYC public schools begin on Sept. 10 – in a little over two weeks, yet there has been no update yet on the AI guidance that was first released in March and was supposed to be revised based on public feedback, and no sign as to whether our call for a […]
For immediate release: August 3, 2026 Contact: Leonie Haimson, leonie@classsizematters.org; 917-435-9329 Last week, Class Size Matters and the Education Law Center sent a letter pointing out the serious deficiencies in the draft NYC Department of Education proposed class size plan, urging Chancellor Samuels revise and strengthen this proposal before it is submitted to the State […]
July 29, 2026 A bill called the College Transparency Act is being considered by the Senate HELP committee. It would overturn the prohibition against the federal government collecting personally identifiable student information and instead would authorize the creation of a new federal database to track all students enrolled in a higher education institution throughout their […]
July 22, 2026 Dear all: Hope you are having a relaxing summer. Meanwhile, here are some important dates and events coming up in the next week: 1- The deadline for families to sign up for a portion of the $17.25M Naviance court settlement for violating student privacy is this Monday, July 27. You […]
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