Saturday, November 26, 2022

Talk out of School: The History of Segregation in NYC public schools with Christopher Bonastia

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  Episode Summary After a short recap of the latest news including the Appellate Court decision on the budget cuts lawsuit, our special g...
Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Minority report from two members of the Fair Student Funding Working Group

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Michael Athy, one of the members of the DOE's Fair Student Funding Working Group and a former Queens high school principal, sent me a co...
Monday, October 24, 2022

Surprisingly little change in NAEP scores for NYC students compared to NYS & nation; & NCES finds no link between school closures and scores

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The NAEP results were released today for every state and many large urban districts.  Unsurprisingly, given the disruptions to learning due ...
Saturday, October 22, 2022

Testimony about how NY school districts are openly violating the moratorium of the use of biometric technology in schools

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Last week, I testified on behalf the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy before the New York State Office of Information Technology Service...
Thursday, October 20, 2022

Forum on the "real deal" on school budgets: Join us on Oct. 25 at 6 PM!

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  Please attend this "Real deal" budget forum sponsored by Senator Robert Jackson next Tuesday October 25 at 6PM.   I'll be s...
Wednesday, October 19, 2022

My visit to a school that has welcomed 50 migrant students but with no more funding, despite confusing claims by DOE

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credit: NY Times Below I describe my visit to a school that has accepted about 50 migrant students with open arms, but doesn’t have the fu...
Wednesday, October 12, 2022

The very basic flaws in the Fair Student Funding formula

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  Below are the comments I made at the Fair Student Funding Task Force session this afternoon.   Though I focused on the issue of class size...