April 12, 2026 See our updated analysis of where our schools are now with class size compliance and what the DOE needs to do to provide smaller classes to all the NYC students who need them. If the pdf below doesn’t scroll it can also be accessed here.
Below is a screenshot of our latest interactive webmap, which shows utilization rates at individual schools across New York City, revealing how many overcrowded schools are sitting close by underutilized schools of the same grade levels. The data is from the latest 2024-2025 Enrollment, Capacity and Utilization Report, known as the “Blue Book.” By using […]
March 24, 2026 Here’s our presentation on why there needs to be a moratorium on the use of AI, so that a rigorous guardrails can be established with parent and community input to prevent harm to students and the environment. Our coalition’s statement about DOE’s inadequate AI guidance is here. Articles in the media in […]
My testimony showing how DOE has no actual plan to provide sufficient space for class size reduction.
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 […]
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 […]
This reso as an editable word doc is here. Draft resolution calling for a moratorium on use of AI in NYC public schools until rigorous guidelines can be enacted to prevent harm to students Whereas, 33 states and Puerto Rico as well as many large districts have released official guidance or guardrails on the use […]
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! “
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! “
Check out the presentation here and below that we recently provided to the Education Committee of the NYC Bar Association about the weaknesses in DOE’s treatment of student privacy and AI. If you’d like a similar briefing for your CEC or other organization, please let us know by emailing info@studentprivacymatters.org “
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.
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We honored Dr. Betty Rosa, former Bronx principal, District Superintendent, Board of Regents member and now NY State Education Commissioner for courageously standing up against the Trump administration on the importance of preserving Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs in our public schools. 
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 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.
