Resources on state education aid: AQE 2021 Budget Testimony and Side by Side Analysis of Executive Budget AQE Report: The State's Responsibility to Protect Our Students Invest in Our NY revenue proposals Resources on student data privacy and security: Parent survey from the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy FBI/CISA recent warning about rise in ransomware attacks on K12 schools and ZDnet article about this. FBI warning in 2018 to parents warning how student data could be used to extort and th...
Feb 03, 2021•56 min•Ep. 49
The new book, Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice Cancel the Gifted and Talented Test Now, Not Next Year , Gotham Gazette What the leaked DOE memo about the gifted program reveals , NYC Public School Parents blog Video of FairTest forum on why the US Dept. of Education should waive the federally mandated tests this spring NY State Education Department announcement that they intend to ask for a federal waiver, with instructions on how to provide comment The documenta...
Jan 28, 2021•56 min•Ep. 48
The contract with Pearson to renew their contract for the gifted exam is to be voted upon on January 27 by the Panel for Education Policy; people who would like to speak on this contract can register here , starting at 5:30 PM. NYSAPE petition urging the State Commissioner to cancel the Regents high school exit exams and to ask the US Department of Education for a waiver from having to administer the 3rd-8th grade exams this spring. FairTest petition to the US Department of Education and State e...
Jan 20, 2021•52 min•Ep. 47
Jal Mehta, “ Make Schools More Human: The pandemic showed us that education was broken. It also showed us how to fix it ,” NY Times, Dec. 23, 2020 Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine, In Search of Deeper Learning: The Quest to Remake the American High School
Jan 06, 2021•55 min•Ep. 46
For more information and details about middle and high school enrollment process for next year, you can visit the DOE’s website . New Admissions Changes For NYC Middle & High Schools “First Step” Towards Diversity, Advocates Say , Gothamist, Dec. 19, 2020 Recommendations of the Mayor’s Student Diversity Advisory Group , August 2019 Black Segregation Matters , UCLA Civil Rights Project report showing extreme segregation of NY State and NYC schools, December 17, 2020 What Bill doesn’t get abou...
Dec 23, 2020•57 min•Ep. 45
Council of School Supervisors and Administrators website
Dec 09, 2020•57 min•Ep. 44
Results of parent survey of students with disabilities including their remote class sizes. Registration for UFT Saturday Student Enrichment classes in December. Parent Coalition for Student Privacy summary of some of the most important provisions of the NYS Student privacy law and regulations. Spreadsheet with more than 100 ed tech programs that NYC teachers have been asked to assign to their students and their privacy grades, if available. Sen. Brad Hoylman letter to DOE, Nov. 11, 2020 urging t...
Dec 02, 2020•55 min•Ep. 43
Advocates for Justice website ; Laura Barbieri’s email is lbarbieri@advocatesny.com Legal Assistance Hotline of NYC Legal Services at 917-661-4500 (Mon-Fri, 10am to 4pm), which low-income parents can call if their children have been denied their educational or civil rights in charter or public schools. Information about the “Got to Go” list lawsuit and $1.1 million settlement , recently awarded families of children who were pushed out of Success Academy. PBS News Hour show, “ Is Kindergarten too...
Nov 25, 2020•56 min•Ep. 42
Peter Greene’s blog Curmudgucation and his post on the automated essay grading program called Ecree . His column in Forbes and articles in The Progressive.
Nov 11, 2020•54 min•Ep. 41
Resources and Links: Video: Denisha Jones’ question about standardized testing and Joe Biden’s response at the AFT forum in January 2020. Education Next - What a Democratic Sweep This Fall Would Mean for Education Education Next - Biden’s Regulatory Agenda on Education...
Nov 04, 2020•55 min•Ep. 40
Notes and Resources: Sign-up form for NYC parents for their children to attend school for in-person learning (deadline Nov. 15) More information on the reaction to DOE’s reversal, now allowing opt-in only once this year Insights in Education report, “ COVID-19 and Schools: What We Can Learn from Six Months of Closures and Reopening ” Insights in Education country tracker The UNESCO Map showing COVID-19 Impact on Education...
Oct 28, 2020•19 min•Ep. 39
Links and Resources: Noliwe Rooks, Cutting School: The Segrenomics of American Education William Doyle, Let the Children Play: For the Learning, Well-being and Life Success of Every Child , co-authored by Pasi Sahlberg Segment about Finnish schools in Michael Moore’s documentary, “Where to Invade Next”...
Oct 14, 2020•55 min•Ep. 38
Resources: Young Advocates for Fair Education [Yaffed] Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education by Noliwe Rooks
Oct 07, 2020•58 min•Ep. 37
Links and Resources K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center and its district self-assessment tool NY State Senator Brad Hoylman website Revenue bills introduced in the Legislature sponsored by Sen. Hoylman include: a pied-a-terre tax on non-primary residences valued at $5m or more, a repeal of tax breaks for yachts and private jets , authorizing New York City to be able to impose a tax on vacant commercial storefronts , and close the carried interest loophole . Sen. Hoylman is also a co-sponsor of a ...
Sep 30, 2020•57 min•Ep. 36
Resources: InsideSchools website InsideSchools plus InsideSchools free course for parents: " How to Support Online Learning at Home "
Sep 16, 2020•55 min•Ep. 35
Alliance for Quality Education report: Set Up to Fail: How Cuomo’s School Cuts Target New York’s Black & Brown Students For more information on AQE’s planned 9/12/20 actions on school funding, contact Maria@aqeny.org News on Albany school cuts and Schenectady layoffs Campaign for Commercial Free Childhood’s statement urging schools to minimize screen time and ed tech Also: CCFC petition on this issue and an article on the subject The Parent Toolkit for Student Privacy, created by CCFC and th...
Sep 09, 2020•58 min•Ep. 34
Jamaal Bowman’s education platform and his ideas for opening schools in a time of COVID-19. Advocates for Children website AFC Guides and resources AFC NY Helpline: Call (866) 427-6033 on Monday to Thursday, 10 am to 4 pm Op Ed on how homeless students need special attention in NYC’s school reopening plan...
Sep 02, 2020•53 min•Ep. 33
American Counseling Association (ACA) American School Counselor Association (ASCA) College Access Consortium of New York (CACNY) DegreesNYC Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice Options Center College Counseling at Goddard Riverside Interrupting Racism: Equity and Social Justice in School Counseling (2019, Atkins & Oglesby) National Association of College Admission Counseling (NACAC) National College Attainment Network (NCAN) New York State School Counselor Association (NYSSCA)...
Aug 19, 2020•59 min•Ep. 32
https://annietan.com/home/about/#media https://blacklivesmatteratschool.com https://cunystruggle.org/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/BronxEducatorsUnited4Justice/ http://www.free-cuny.org/ https://hope4college.com/ https://jamilahammami.com/about/ https://morecaucusnyc.org/ https://www.rankandfileaction.com/ https://ima-mfa.hunter.cuny.edu/?ima-faculty=reiko-tahara...
Aug 12, 2020•59 min•Ep. 31
DOE still has no plan to fill nursing shortage ahead of school reopening , by Sara Dorn, New York Post Solving the School Nurse Crisis Before Schools Reopen , by Kim Watkins, Gotham Gazette Does the Covid pandemic spell the end of public schools? , by Johann Neem, USA Today COVID-19 "Microschools" Are Betsy DeVos's Lastest Privatization Scheme , by Candice Bernd, Truthout Harvard Epidemiologist: 'Hybrid' Model For Reopening Schools Is 'Probably Among The Worst' Options , by Joe Mathieu, WGHBH NY...
Aug 05, 2020•56 min•Ep. 30
Teachers' plea for outdoor learning - NY Daily News by Liat Olenick, Darcy Whittemore and Heather Costanza Schools Beat Earlier Plagues With Outdoor Classes. We Should Too ... New York Times by Ginia Bellafante Petition for Outdoor Schooling Now! Contact your legislators now – schools desperately need funding to reopen safely next fall! Action Alert from Class Size Matters...
Jul 22, 2020•56 min•Ep. 29
Governor Cuomo’s announcement of the metrics that will determine whether schools can be reopened in NY state in the fall. Detailed guidelines released by the state Department of Health and the Board of Regents . Class Size Matters and NYC Kids PAC proposals for the safe reopening of schools; letter to the Board of Regents and Summary of ideas from our June 20 conference . How the need for social distancing brings in sharper focus the inequities of class size across the city. Council Member Brad ...
Jul 15, 2020•57 min•Ep. 28
Charter schools and the Payroll Protection Program Carol Burris and Marla Kilfoyle, Did some charter schools double-dip in federal coronavirus relief funding? , Washington Post Erica Green, Charter Schools, Some With Billionaire Benefactors, Tap Coronavirus Relief , NY Times Network for Public Education, What do you think? Are charter schools public schools or small businesses? Email info@networkforpubliceducation.org if you discover that charter schools in your community have applied for or rec...
Jun 17, 2020•56 min•Ep. 27
For more information on ending the school to prison pipeline, check out this letter signed by hundreds of NYC school leaders urging the Mayor to transfer School Safety Agents to the supervision of principals rather than the NYPD, and the websites of the YA-YA Network and Dignity in Schools campaign . To find out about the campaign of Teens Take Charge to end school admission screens, check out their website ; see also their proposals about how the SYEP could be reconfigured to meet the needs of ...
Jun 10, 2020•51 min•Ep. 26
The Policing and Social Justice Project The End of Policing by Alex Vitale (free Ebook) Alliance for Quality Education Communities United for Police Reform (CPR)
Jun 03, 2020•54 min•Ep. 25
The link to apply to be the NY State Education Commissioner is here .
May 27, 2020•56 min•Ep. 24
"Smoking gun" emails revealing Mayor de Blasio promised to delay and soften the Yeshiva report in exchange for renewing Mayoral control
May 20, 2020•56 min•Ep. 23
Letter to Gov. Cuomo on his decision to partner with the Gates Foundation to "reimagine our schools" The letter, signed by Class Size Matters , NY State Allies for Public Education , and the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy was quoted by the AP , in US News and World Report , NY Post ,and Gothamist among others. The report from the American Federation of Teachers, A PLAN TO SAFELY REOPEN AMERICA’S SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES . Michael Mulgrew's Daily News oped, The kind of testing schools really...
May 06, 2020•52 min•Ep. 22
" Cut the Contracts, Save our Schools" campaign including instructions on speaking out at the Panel for Educational Policy meeting The recently-announced DOE grading policy The letter on school grading to Mayor DeBlasio and Chancellor Carranza from advocates...
Apr 29, 2020•51 min•Ep. 21
Links to learn more about topics discussed on the show: Excessive spending by NYC Dept. of Education on busing and other contracts this year: Two articles in the NY Post here and here . Two posts in the NYC Public School Parents blog here and here Challenges of remote learning for teachers especially those with children at home The controversy over grading in NYC during remove learning and school shutdowns How to honor the 50th anniversary of Earth Day by taking action on the climate crisis...
Apr 22, 2020•57 min•Ep. 20
