How to shrink class sizes in NYC? A working group shares its recommendations

Recommendations from Class Size Working Group

NYC’s class size working group delivers recommendations — but some members dissent

NYC migrant families fear kids will be sleeping in the streets as shelter deadlines near

Thousands of migrant kids are starting school in NYC. Is the system prepared?

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Diane Ravitch -Website

Network of Public Education

NAEP scores show record drop in math for New York City’s fourth graders, but not in reading

American Students Outperformed Much of the World During the Pandemic

Federal Judge Orders NYC to Fix Special Education Service and Payment Delays

Mayoral control comes under fire at Bronx public hearing

GOP states are embracing vouchers. Wealthy parents are benefitting.

AB Snyder: Book bans are the new norm in school libraries across the country

Voters drub Moms for Liberty ‘parental rights’ candidates at the ballot

Gaspare Randazzo's site

Gaspare on Instagram

Chalkbeat NY - Mayoral control comes under fire at Bronx public hearing

New York City Mayoral Control Hearings Info

View Bronx hearing video

Mayoral control in the eyes of three NYC parent leaders

Class Size Matters & AQE,  Press release and letter to SED, urging that NYC be required to produce a corrective action plan on class size reduction. 

Register to Testify at NYC Council Hearing on budget cuts Monday, December 11th, at 10:00am; Progressive caucus rally against budget cuts that morning at 9 AM in City Hall Park.

NYSED Schedule of mayoral control hearings, Dec. 5 thru Jan. 29 in various boroughs

The City: Two Years of Mayoral School Control for Eric Adams — With New Strings Attached 

NeQuan McLean and Shino Tanikawa, It’s Time for a Democratic School Governance System to Replace Mayoral Control

2009 Parent Commission Report on School Governance

NYC Comptroller report, 2013: No more Rubber Stamp

Ed Week, Mayoral control: a Fading school reform

To sign up for ECC briefings on Mayoral control, register at tinyurl.com/eccsupporters

Class Size Matters - More than 300,000 NYC Students in High-Need Schools Stuck in Oversized Classes

City and State - Report: More than 300K NYC students are in overcrowded classrooms

UFT: Fight the mayor's budget cuts

Andrea Castellano's remarks at yesterday's class size press conference at the Landmark elementary school in Brooklyn

Class Size Matters press release, Class Sizes increase for second year in a row in most grades

National Education Association, Who were the big winners in the 2023 elections h

American Prospect, Right Wing groups post big losses at the ballot box 

Chicago Sun Times, With one year until Chicagoans elect the school board for the first time, here’s what’s still being worked out 

Diane Ravitch blog, What You Need to Know about the Illinois Voucher Program that Was Cancelled by the Legislature

NY State Education Dept., Dates and Locations Set for Public Hearings on Mayoral Control of New York City Schools

Ed Week, A Fading School Reform? Mayoral Control Is Ending in Another City
 

Community Voices for Public Schools and their petition

Houston Public Radio, 29 Houston schools will look different next school year — cameras in classrooms, no librarians, higher pay for teachers

Texas Observer, Teachers Strong-Armed to Get on Board with Houston Schools Takeover

NY Times, Texas Revamps Houston Schools, Closing Libraries and Angering Parents

Washington Post, State takeovers of ‘failing’ schools are increasing. Do they help students?

Washington Post, The Real story behind the state takeover

In These Times, Why is the state taking over HISD?  

NYC schools with enrollment shortfalls face cuts; more budget losses loom

Mayor Adams Announces Tentative Contract Agreement With Council of School Supervisors and Administrators

Families of students with disabilities file federal complaint over busing discrimination

Sean Enfield's website

Pre-order his new book: Holy American Burnout!

NEA: Getting Serious About Teacher Burnout

National Help Line

Articles on confusions and miscommunication during the October 19 rainstorm and flooding of NYC schools:  Chalkbeat, Gothamist, NY Post

UNESCO report by Mark West, Ed tech tragedy? Educational Technologies and School Closures in the time of COVID-19

NY Times article on the report