Testimonies & Comments

Testimony on the huge unnecessary cuts to the FY 25 education budget & 5-year capital plan

March 18, 2024 Today, the City Council is holding hearings on the education budget; public testimony begins at about 2:30 PM. You can sign up to speak in person or remotely here, to protest the looming budget cuts, the rising class sizes, and the fact that the DOE has slashed billions from the capital plan, […]

March 18, 2024 in Testimonies & Comments, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Our testimony at yesterday’s Council hearing on class size, where the DOE refused to commit to any action to lower class size, now or in the future

March 1, 2024 The DOE performance at the class size hearing yesterday at the City Council was very depressing. Despite urging by Council Education Chair Rita Joseph and other Council Members, Senators Liu and Robert Jackson, UFT leaders, and many parents, DOE officials refused to commit to any steps to lower class size.  Instead, COO […]

March 1, 2024 in Testimonies & Comments, Uncategorized, Updates by

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DOE is moving backwards not forwards on class size; our testimony to the Legislature

Feb. 7, 2024 Here and below is our Feb. 1 testimony to the State legislature on the budget, and how DOE is doing nothing to comply with the new class size law.  In fact, as we point out below, class sizes have increased in most schools over the last two years, a trend that is […]

February 7, 2024 in Testimonies & Comments, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Our 20 year experiment with Mayoral control: comments to the State and to NYC Bar Association

Feb. 6, 2024 Below is the  presentation I gave last night to the Education Committee of the NYC Bar Association, on the history and the myths surrounding Mayoral control.    Below that is my longer testimony on Mayoral control to the State Education Department, that goes into more depth on these issues. NYSED is supposed to […]

February 7, 2024 in Presentations, Testimonies & Comments, Uncategorized, Updates by

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The myths surrounding Mayoral control, and what we need instead

Jan. 30, 2024 The deadline to submit your views on Mayoral control is tomorrow, Wed. January 31, at 5 PM. You can upload your testimony here.   The borough hearings were very well attended, with the overwhelming number of parents, teachers and community members who spoke vehemently opposed to the continuation of mayoral control.  You can […]

January 30, 2024 in Testimonies & Comments, Uncategorized by

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Resolution for CECs & community groups on need for DOE to lower class size in compliance with the law

Below is a draft resolution for CECs and other community and advocacy organizations to consider passing, urging the DOE to adopt the recommendations in the report of the Class Size Working Group and begin to lower class size in compliance with the class size law. So far,  resolutions urging the DOE to implement plans to […]

December 15, 2023 in Campaigns, Testimonies & Comments, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Our testimony on the Mayor’s egregious proposed budget cuts to education

December 11, 2023 Our testimony at today’s NYC Council Finance hearings about how the Mayor’s proposed cuts to education would prevent the DOE from complying with the class size law and likely cause even sharper class size increases than students experienced over the last two years.   Also available here.

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Comments to NYSED on how their proposed regs on the class size law omit the public process timeline in the law

Update Jan. 5, 2024: As we requested, the mandated timeline was put into the final regulations. November 8, 2023 Below and here  see comments from Class Size Matters, Alliance for Quality Education, and the Education Law Center on the proposed State regulations concerning the public process required for the development and submission of the new […]

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CSM, Ed Law Center & AQE critique of DOE’s revised draft class size plan

Oct. 16, 2023 Below and here is the letter sent today to Commissioner Rosa and the Board of Regents from Class Size Matters, the Education Law Center and AQE, critiquing the DOE revised class size plan submitted to the State on Sept. 29 and asking the Commissioner and the Board of Regents to require a […]

October 16, 2023 in Testimonies & Comments, Uncategorized, Updates by

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Testimony on the dangers of DOE plans to expand online learning and ed tech

Sept. 20, 2023 See below; testimony here and below for today’s NYC Council hearings on the dangers to both privacy and the quality of education of DOE’s plans to expand the use of online learning. See also our presentation last night on the many ways DOE is putting student data privacy at risk and not […]

September 20, 2023 in Testimonies & Comments, Uncategorized, Updates by

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