A Conversation with T. Grant, Parent Community Organizer
Parents Supporting Parents https://www.pspnyinc.org/
Nov 27, 2021•57 min•Ep. 79
Talk Out of School
Hosted by Leonie Haimson (Class Size Matters), Dr. Kaliris Salas-Ramirez and Daniel Alicea (Educators of NYC)
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The Campaign for Smaller Classes with Michael Mulgrew
Resources: Intro 2374 - The City Council class size reduction bill How parents can help get this passed - Sign the UFT petition and check out Class Size Matters campaign Gothamist's investigation of defective Intellipure air purifiers and higher Covid rates in schools without mechanical ventilation systems. Chalkbeat NY - Settlement to give Black and Latino students more access to NYC high school sports teams Get vaccinated and get your booster - School vaccination sites and schedules and city-r...
Nov 21, 2021•57 min•Ep. 78
Inside UFT Politics and History: How the Nation's Most Powerful Union Impacts NYC Public Schools (Part 3) with James Eterno
Visit Eterno's blog at: http://iceuftblog.blogspot.com/
Nov 06, 2021•58 min•Ep. 77
The Dark Money Behind School Privatization
Maurice T. Cunningham, Dark Money and the Politics of School Privatization and Mass Politics Profs blog Local News: Local News: NYC Public School Parents, Unanswered questions about DESSA, the DOE's social-emotional screener, and what parents should do Class Size Matters testimony on Intro 2374 and the need to lower class size Testimony on class size from Regent Kathy Cashin, Diane Ravitch and others NYC Council co-sponsors and text of the class size bill, Intro 2374 Background on dark money and...
Oct 30, 2021•55 min•Ep. 76
A Conversation w/ Dr. Sam Anderson - Community & Mayoral Control
Daniel Alicea interviewed long-time radical activist, teacher, writer, and scholar, Dr. Sam Anderson about the struggle for community control of the school governance of New York City public schools. We discussed the trajectory from the experiment of Ocean Hill-Brownsville to decentralization from 1969-2002, and the advent of present-day mayoral control of NYC schools.
Oct 23, 2021•57 min•Ep. 75
A Conversation with Donald Nesbit of Local 372 and DC 37
NY1, NYC phasing out separate gifted classes NYTimes on Local 372workers: They Kept Schools Running as Covid Raged: ‘We Had to Be Here’ NY State & NYC Joint Education Committee Oct. 5 hearings on the city's spending of additional state and federal aid to schools Class Size Matters testimony at the state hearings...
Oct 10, 2021•57 min•Ep. 74
Audrey Watters on the history of teaching machines in our schools and the misuse of ed tech today
Resources: Audrey Watters new book, published by MIT Press, “ Teaching Machines: The History of Personalized Learning ” Latest NY Times article on the current state of the vaccine mandate for teachers and school staff New New York State Senate bill requiring a remote learning option for NYC students and AM NY article about it NYC Public School Parents on the new interim computerized assessments purchased by DOE for $36 million Allen Golston of Gates Foundation quote on the purpose of education V...
Sep 25, 2021•58 min•Ep. 73
Council Member Mark Levine on his concerns with the health and safety protocols in the NYC school reopening plan
Resources: NYC DOE school reopening plan Class Size Matters testimony on the plan The Major Problems with NYC's School Reopening Plan Video: Rabbis urging vaccination Air purification: Intellipure model that DOE purchased for $43 million lacks HEPA filters, and independent experts rank the model among the most expensive and least efficient on the market. Testing protocol : Los Angeles schools are doing weekly Covid testing of all students and staff, vs. NYC which is only testing one tenth of unv...
Sep 04, 2021•55 min•Ep. 72
Keeping our Children and Schools Safe: Discussing School Reopening with Tajh Sutton and Dr. Kaliris Salas-Ramirez of Parents for Responsive, Equitable, and Safe Schools
Press NYC - http://pressnyc.org Osterholm Update: COVID-19 - https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/podcasts-webinars/episode-66
Aug 28, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 71
The debate over "No excuses" charter schools with Joanne Golann
Resources: NY Times - As Schools Prepare to Reopen Fully, Covid Safety Rules Are in Flux Mark Cannizzaro, CSA President - Letter to Mayor de Blasio Chalkbeat - ‘A two-tiered level of safety’: Some NYC schools can follow social distancing, others cannot NY Times - Los Angeles and Chicago schools to mandate teacher vaccinations Joanne Golann - Scripting the Moves, Princeton Univ. Press Uncommon Schools - Teacher Training Video KIPP - Retiring their motto: “Work hard, be nice”...
Aug 14, 2021•56 min•Ep. 70
Inside UFT Politics and History (Part 2) : How The Nation’s Most Powerful Teachers Union Impacted NYC Public Schools
UFT: 50 Years: https://www.uft.org/files/attachments/uft-50-years-book.pdf The Teacher Rebellion by David Selden https://www.amazon.com/Teacher-Rebellion-David-Selden/dp/0882582356 Schools Against Children: The Case for Community Control https://www.amazon.com/Schools-Against-Children-Community-Control/dp/0853451621 Blackboard Unions by Marjorie Murphy https://www.amazon.com/Blackboard-Unions-AFT-NEA-1900-1980/dp/0801423651/ City Unions: Managing Discontent in New York City by Mark Meir https://...
Aug 07, 2021•58 min•Ep. 69
Hot button issues for NYC Schools: Listeners call in
The new City Council class size bill ( Int. No. 2374 ) The 72 schools in the DOE’s “class size” pilot Five myths of Mayoral Control Information on vaccination sites next week in schools for children 12 and up Contract for Excellence hearings next week, including their locations Talking points for parents and teachers who attend these hearings...
Jul 31, 2021•59 min•Ep. 68
Inside UFT Politics and History (Part 1) : How The Nation’s Most Powerful Teachers Union Impacted NYC Public Schools
------------------- Resources: - UFT: 50 Years: https://www.uft.org/files/attachments/uft-50-years-book.pdf - The Teacher Rebellion by David Selden https://www.amazon.com/Teacher-Rebellion-David-Selden/dp/0882582356 - Schools Against Children: The Case for Community Control by Anne Rubenstein https://www.amazon.com/Schools-Against-Children-Community-Control/dp/0853451621 - Blackboard Unions by Marjorie Murphy https://www.amazon.com/Blackboard-Unions-AFT-NEA-1900-1980/dp/0801423651/ - City Unions...
Jul 17, 2021•57 min•Ep. 67
The Creation, Implementation, and Failure of Common Core Standards With Tom Loveless
Resources: Gotham Gazette, In Mayoral Primary, Spending in Support of Adams More Than Combined Total for Garcia and Wiley on how Eric Adams campaign benefitted from millions spent by pro-charter school PAC Chalkbeat, NYC’s budget deal pilots smaller class sizes, dedicates millions to COVID learning loss NYC DOE summary of their Academic Recovery Plan Tom Loveless’ book, Between the State and the Schoolhouse, Understanding the Failure of Common Core . [Use code BSSS21 to get 20% off when ordering...
Jul 10, 2021•56 min•Ep. 66
Critical Race Theory within the context of NYC public education with Dr. Denisha Jones and Dr. David E. Kirkland
Resources: - The Right Has Chosen Critical Race Theory as Its New Boogeyman to Scare Voters – by David E Kirkland - Honesty on critical race theory – by Dianne Ravitch - What Is Critical Race Theory, and Why Is It Under Attack? - By Stephen Sawchuk...
Jul 03, 2021•57 min•Ep. 65
Bronx parents advocate for the option of remote learning in the fall & Ross Barkan on what the results of the primaries mean for NYC schools
Resources: Class Size Matters’ video on why class sizes should be reduced in NYC schools Bronx Parent Leaders Advocacy Group Facebook page The group’s concerns and a Chalkbeat article on their advocacy. Ross Barkan’s new book , The Prince: Andrew Cuomo, Coronavirus, and the Fall of New York Ross Barkan's newsletter, Political Currents...
Jun 23, 2021•56 min•Ep. 64
Interview with Mark Cannizzaro, president of the CSA, the principal and school administrators union
Resources: NYC Public School Parents - Controversy Over Comments of Mayoral Candidate Eric Adams on Class Size Class Size Matters - Report with charts comparing positions of Mayoral candidates on public education DYCD - Info on how to apply for Summer School NY Daily News - NYC school officials struggle to plan for fall school opening — task ‘extremely difficult’ and sometimes ‘impossible’...
Jun 16, 2021•56 min•Ep. 63
Police Intervention in student mental health crises and how to make schools more healing-centered
Resources: Citizens' Committee for Children Survey of NYC Youth How to urge legislative leaders to pass A. 7447 / S.6296 , the bill that would require NYC schools to start lowering class size. Advocates for Children new report, Police Response to Students in Emotional Crisis Call Advocates for Children of New York’s Helpline number at (866) 427-6033 , Mon-Thursday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.for any family who has experienced NYPD child in crisis interventions or has questions about other education-rela...
Jun 09, 2021•56 min•Ep. 62
How Schools Should Reopen Safely & Well Next year with Randi Weingarten and Mark Treyger
Resources: Mayor de Blasio’s announcement on Morning Show that there would be no remote learning option next year NYC Chancellor Meisha Porter’s letter to families about DOE reopening plans Randi Weingarten’s May 13 speech, Return, Recover and Reimagine: Toward A Renaissance in America's Public Schools. Video here , transcript here. Gothamist, Social Distancing Requirements Will Be Pivotal In NYC Schools Reopening Next Fall How the Billions of Additional School Funds should be spent: Results fro...
May 26, 2021•54 min•Ep. 61
The Importance of the Upcoming Elections For Our Schools and the DOE’s Plans For Next Year
Resources: Registration for NYC Kids PAC Parent Action Conference co-sponsored with Class Size Matters NYC Kids PAC website Information on voting in NYC with deadlines for registration etc....
May 19, 2021•57 min•Ep. 60
PEP Member Tom Sheppard and Board of Regents Member Kathleen Cashin on Education Policy, Testing, and Class Size
Resources: Panel for Educational Policy agenda for May 18 meeting and contract list ; instructions on how to listen or comment here . Daily News article on proposed closure of PS 88 in the Bronx. NY Times 2006 profile of Kathleen Cashin and her work as a Superintendent and Regional Superintendent. Regent Cashin’s op-ed on what happened in her schools when class size was reduced....
May 12, 2021•56 min•Ep. 59
NYC Council Member Danny Dromm on his experiences as a 4th grade teacher in Queens, as a LGBTQ Activist, and now powerful Chair of the Finance Committee
Resources: Danny Dromm’s activism in advocating for gay rights and on the Rainbow Curriculum Mayor de Blasio’s budget proposal for FY 2022 City Council’s budget response Regent Kathy Cashin’s Daily News op-ed on the importance of lowering class size NYS Senate bill S. 6296 to require NYC to update their class size reduction plan Class Size Matters report on DOE over-payments for charter school rent and underpayments to NYC public schools in matching funds for facility enhancements...
Apr 29, 2021•56 min•Ep. 58
The need for more transparency, accountability and parent input with the new state & federal school funds; guest NeQuan McLean, President of CEC 16
Resources: Mayor de Blasio’s agreement to fully fund schools’ Fair Student Funding (FSF) formula next year Local Law 17 of 2019 to create a Fair Student Funding Task Force that would release a report by Sept. 30, 2019 with recommendations on how to improve the FSF formula; which was never released Testimony of Shino Tanikawa , member of the FSF Taskforce, on how the FSF formula discourages smaller classes City Council proposal to spend $250 million on class size reduction next year Court decisio...
Apr 21, 2021•55 min•Ep. 57
Sen. Robert Jackson & parent activist Johanna Garcia on winning full Foundation Aid for NYC Public Schools and how those funds should be spent
Resources: Daily News - More state foundation aid funding for the next three years Daily News - Parental consent required for state tests in NYC schools this year Gotham Gazette - NYC Dept. of Education overspending on charter school rent and underspending on matching funds to public schools President Biden’s proposal on increasing federal aid to schools Class Size Matters/NYC Kids PAC on how additional federal/state funds should be spent Class Size Matters' petition...
Apr 14, 2021•55 min•Ep. 56
State budget deal for NYC Schools and Principal tells us how his school has managed with challenges this year and what next year should include
Resources: New Class Size Matters report on overspending on charter facilities and underspending on public school matching funds Daily News article ; and WCBS TV segment on the lack of matching funds. AQE: Send a letter to Gov. Cuomo and state leaders on protecting students in the state budget by taxing the ultra-wealthy More on Outward Bound NYC public schools , including MS 839 . Gothamist article on different proposals that have been made for the use of the federal funds, including reducing c...
Mar 31, 2021•57 min•Ep. 55
PEP Member Tom Sheppard Speaks on federal funds for school reopening, class size, and school closures in the Bronx
Resources: Class Size Matters testimony on why DOE should use federal funds to lower class size, for the sake of social distancing and stronger academic/social support; also our fact sheet on the issue. Panel for Educational Policy webpage ; you can sign in here to listen and comment tonight, March 24, starting at 5:30 PM, and also next month on April 28. Tom Sheppard, PEP member can be reached at tomcsheppard@yahoo.com and you can follow him on twitter at @ tomcsheppard...
Mar 24, 2021•55 min•Ep. 54
PEP Member Tom Sheppard Speaks on the our new Chancellor, Remote Learning, Testing, and Mayoral Control
Resources: Panel for Educational Policy meetings and agendas Panel for Educational Policy members Class Size Matters’ Testimony on the Five myths of Mayoral control...
Mar 17, 2021•57 min•Ep. 53
Reopening Schools with Randi Weingarten and reporting on NYC Chancellor's resignation & remote learning with Amy Zimmer of ChalkbeatNY
US Department of Education decision to reject states’ request for waivers from mandated standardized testing Leaked DOE memo from July 2020 on the gifted program. National polls from Morning Consult and Pew show a majority of voters believe teachers should be vaccinated before schools reopen My blog on why Biden should focus on getting teachers vaccinated rather than making them administer standardized tests Letter from CM Dromm/Treyger about making sure federal funding programs doesn’t allow st...
Mar 03, 2021•55 min•Ep. 52
Organizing Mutual Aid Education and School Funding Reparations
National poll showing majority of voters believe teachers should be vaccinated before schools reopen US Department of Education decision to reject states’ request for waivers from mandated standardized testing Politico - NYPD plan to hire 475 School Safety agents this year NY Times - Schools and districts elsewhere in the nation moving school police offers from police to school control and diverting funding towards hiring more social workers and counselors instead Congresswoman AOC’s tutoring pr...
Feb 24, 2021•56 min•Ep. 51
Student Organizing With Teens Take Charge
Resources: Teens Take Charge The Schomburg Center’s Junior Scholars Program
Feb 17, 2021•54 min•Ep. 50
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