Monday, June 28, 2021

Why is the Mayor so resistant to lowering class size in the face of his long-standing promises to do so?

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We heard through the grapevine that the Mayor is stubbornly fighting the City Council proposal to invest $250 million next year in lowering ...
Sunday, June 27, 2021

City budget due next week- help us ensure that funding for smaller classes is included!

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It's down to the wire. The City Council negotiations with the Mayor over next year's budget are in their final stages, as the budge...
Friday, June 25, 2021

What's needed along with funding to lower class size: specific reporting to ensure accountability with these funds.

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We hear that in the budget negotiations happening right now, the Mayor is dragging his feet particularly in connection with the Council prop...
Thursday, June 24, 2021

Letter to Chancellor to ensure there’s meaningful public input in spending of C4E state funds, as legally required

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See the letter we sent to the DOE Chancellor Meisha Porter, written with the Education Law Center, about the need to hold prompt hearings t...
Friday, June 18, 2021

New video on why class size matters!

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NYC educators, parents, students, elected officials explain how class size has a profound impact on learning and the quality of education, ...
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Monday, June 14, 2021

Adams' comments on class size, remote learning and year-round schooling; and Maya Wiley and Danny Dromm on the ensuing controversy

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On Friday, a furor erupted when the Matt Skidmore Show tweeted a video excerpt from a Citizen's Budget Committee Mayoral forum that ...
Friday, June 11, 2021

Brooklyn Children’s March Against Gun Violence on Monday June 14

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In the wake of gun violence that brought the death of a 10 year old child in Far Rockaway, New York, elementary and middle school students f...

NYC Mayoral Candidates: Their Positions on Public Education

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Updated June 14, 2021 with more info on Adams' position on class size.    Below is our summary of the positions of the leading candidate...
Wednesday, June 9, 2021

#TalkoutofSchool: NYPD Intervention in student mental health crises and how to make schools more healing-centered

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After a brief news recap, in today's #Talk out of School,  I spoke with Dawn Yuster, the Director of the School Justice Project fo...

Only three more days to move the bill to renew NYC's obligation to produce a class size reduction plan!

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 We have only three days to move A. 7447 / S.6296 , the bill that would require NYC schools to start lowering class size; please call the Le...
Thursday, May 27, 2021

Call to Action! Keep the cap on charters!

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  The Education Council Consortium (ECC) invites all stakeholders to make a Charter Cap Call to Action. Please find more informa...
Sunday, May 23, 2021

Results from our Parent Action Conference: how should the eight billion dollars in state and federal funds for our schools be spent? check it out!

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On Sat. May 22, 2021, we had a great Parent Action Conference, co-sponsored with NYC Kids PAC and Teens Take Charge, to brainstorm on how pa...
Wednesday, May 12, 2021

"Talk out of School" podcast with PEP member Tom Sheppard and Regent Kathy Cashin

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Check out our latest "Talk out of School" podcast with Tom Sheppard on pushing the envelope on Panel for Educational Policy to e...
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