Chancellor Adams proposals on middle school and high school admissions in Chalkbeat and Washington Post Daily News oped , A Tale of two school systems, again Oral arguments in Appellate Court, Tucker vs City of NY: starting 2 hours and 54 minutes on YouTube here. FAQ for parents and teachers on Regents "exit exams" and why they should be eliminated Shino Tanikawa on Why the Fair Student Funding Task Force report was never released...
Oct 02, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 109
Parents to Improve Student Transportation (PIST) - http://pistnyc.org One Parent's School Transportation Nightmare - https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/education/2021/10/22/for-one-nyc-family--it-took-a-month-for-the-school-bus-to-arrive
Sep 24, 2022•58 min•Ep. 108
Leonie Haimson, Troubling Series of Uncertainties Mars Reopening of New York City Schools, Gotham Gazette https://www.gothamgazette.com/opinion/11568-uncertainties-reopening-new-york-city-schools-covid-funding Parents and advocates thank Gov. Hochul and cheer the signing of the class size bill https://classsizematters.org/parents-and-advocates-thank-gov-hochul-and-cheer-the-signing-of-the-class-size-bill/ Lawmakers hails governor’s signing of bill to reduce class sizes in New York City public sc...
Sep 10, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 107
Faith leaders call on Mayor to “immediately restore $469 million cut from public schools” https://www.jfrej.org/news/2022/08/faith-leaders-pray-nyc-mayor-restorethecuts The letter itself signed by 140+ NYC faith leaders and groups https://www.jfrej.org/news/2022/08/faith-leaders-pray-nyc-mayor-restorethecuts Article about the letter in City and State journal https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2022/08/eric-adams-said-those-complaining-about-budget-cuts-should-pray-religious-leaders-said-s-not-...
Sep 07, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 106
Newark and Philadelphia schools keep their mask mandates Annie Tan's blog: Today, I resigned from teaching Liat Olenick in the Nation: Why I’m Joining the Exodus of Teachers Leaving the Classroom...
Aug 27, 2022•52 min•Ep. 105
Gothamist, The inside story of how NYC schools spent $90 million on air purifiers that have stirred controversy https://gothamist.com/news/the-inside-story-of-how-nyc-schools-spent-90-million-on-air-purifiers-that-have-stirred-controversy
Aug 13, 2022•57 min•Ep. 104
Learn more about the lawsuit at the Class Size Matters website. Press release here ; legal documents here . Newsclips here .
Aug 06, 2022•55 min•Ep. 103
Get updates about the lawsuit at Class Size Matters
Jul 30, 2022•58 min•Ep. 102
Related links: Mayor Adams called protestors "clowns" and blamed Albany for his budget cuts to schools last night Updated analysis: total Galaxy school cuts as of July 14 now at $1.42 billion AQE Digital Toolkit - #RestoreTheCuts People's Rally to Restore School Budgets - Sunday, July 17th at 10 AM, Bennet Park, Upper Manhattan Rally for Our Schools - Monday, July 19th, 10 AM, Tweed, Manhattan Join Bird Dogging Efforts With People's Plan NYC Protesters against school budget cuts escorted out of ...
Jul 16, 2022•58 min•Ep. 101
NPE reports on the fraud and waste involved in the federal charter school program are here and here . A third NPE report details how many for-profit management companies evade state laws banning for-profit charters. Washington Post What the Biden administration’s new rules for charter schools say Letter to Gov. Hochul from over 35 elected officials and advocacy groups, urging her to sign the class size bill. Petition to Gov. Hochul , signed by more than 8,000 of her constituents. You can also ca...
Jul 09, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 100
Daniel speaks to Leonie, parent leaders, Tom Sheppard and Jonathan Greenberg, and educators, Aixa Rodriguez, Martina Meijer, and Ryan Bruckenthal about the looming school budget cuts for the 2022-23 school year.
Jul 02, 2022•57 min•Ep. 99
Adams and Council reach $101 billion budget deal, but school cuts remain Yaffed website NY Supreme Court sides with mother opposed to curriculum at son’s Brooklyn yeshiva Court rules city must conclude yeshiva investigation De Blasio Must Answer For 'Corrupt' Yeshiva Probe, Advocates Say...
Jun 11, 2022•49 min•Ep. 98
Class Size Matters - http://classsizematters.org Literacy Academy Collective - https://www.literacyacademycollective.org/
Jun 04, 2022•58 min•Ep. 97
Class Size Matters Annual Parent Action Conference on June 4, co-hosted by NYC Kids PAC; More information and to register here. The New Yorker, The Buffalo Shooter Shopped at Their Gun Stores NY Post, NY Dems pitch 3-year school control for Adams — with strings attached Panel for Educational Policy meetings page with members listed here; click on their names for their email addresses. Send an email to Panel member Kaliris Salas-Ramirez at ksalasramirez@gmail.com and/or Tazin Azad at tazinf@gmail...
May 29, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 96
Daniel interviewed, Jonathan Halabi, the longest-serving HS chapter leader, who will share his expert analysis of the 2022 UFT election. Also interviews with the newly elected High School division teachers for UFT Executive Board - Nick Bacon, Ibeth Mejia, Lydia Howrilka, Ed Calamia, Ronnie Almonte, Alex Jallot, and Ilona Nanay. They share their vision for our union and city schools. You can also tune in online at: http://wbai.org
May 14, 2022•57 min•Ep. 95
Student data breach in NYC also impacted charter schools, districts , NY Post, May 6, 2022 Why Mayoral control needs to be amended , Class Size Matters, March 2022 New and Emerging threats to Student and Teacher data privacy , Presentations at the NPE conference, April 30, 2022 Rep. Bowman's website and his The Green New Deal for Public Schools bill Washington Post, Congress may create massive program to collect college student data , April 4, 2022 Constituents can send their own letters to Cong...
May 08, 2022•56 min•Ep. 94
Bios: Heather Clarke is a Black Afro-Caribbean mother of 2 small children. She is also neuro-divergent, with an invisible disability. She has over 20 years of experience working as a teacher, and in the field of educational justice and policy, working with children and families with disabilities both in the United States and in other countries. Heather is an Early Childhood and Special Education adjunct professor at Queen’s College, Brooklyn College CUNY, and New York University. She is also a F...
Apr 30, 2022•56 min•Ep. 93
Daniel interviewed Dr. Doris Lee. She is the founding principal of Village Academy, a small middle school in the Far Rockaway community of NYC. Dr. Lee started her career as a middle school educator in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. Dr. Lee is a product of NYC public schools. Also, we shared an interview with Christina Gavin, a District 75 high school librarian in the Bronx. She is the second librarian I’ve interviewed in the last few weeks and she has some really great insights about ...
Apr 09, 2022•57 min•Ep. 92
Class Size Matters report shows significant declines in citywide class sizes that will increase once again if Mayor’s budget cuts are made , March 20, 2022 Class Size Matters testimony at the Council education budget hearings , March 21, 2022 COVID Case Counts More Than Doubled in Public Schools Since Last Month, DOE Data Shows , The City, March 23, 2022 NYC education panel breaks with city to reject $82M contract , NY Post, March 24, 2022 Personal data of 820,000 NYC students compromised in hac...
Mar 27, 2022•54 min•Ep. 91
Daniel spoke with two NYC educators. We talked about the needs & challenges school librarians are facing in NYC public schools with, Arlene Rabuse-Laverde, high school librarian; & also we discussed the new educator podcast, Professional Development, w/ its host, Noah Teachey, 6-12 music teacher. Noah also spoke to the challenges NYC music teachers are facing pre and during the pandemic.
Mar 19, 2022•57 min•Ep. 90
Gothamist, Vaccination rates vary for students attending NYC's public schools, March 9, 2022 https://gothamist.com/news/vaccination-rates-vary-for-students-attending-nycs-public-schools Books by Yohuru Williams https://www.amazon.com/Books-Yohuru-Williams/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AYohuru+Williams ACLU, Defending Our Right to Learn, March 10, 2022, https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/defending-our-right-to-learn UCLA, The Conflict Campaign Exploring Local Experiences of the Campaign to Ban “Crit...
Mar 13, 2022•58 min•Ep. 89
OTs and PTs for a Fair Contract Facebook page
Mar 05, 2022•59 min•Ep. 88
NYC Public School Parents, Why is NYC refusing to report vax rates in schools as required by law, & doing little to increase those numbers? https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2022/02/why-is-nyc-refusing-to-report-vax-rates.html Chalkbeat, As NY mulls end to school mask mandate, how many students are vaccinated? https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2022/2/16/22938022/nyc-student-vaccination-rates-mask-mandate NYC Public School Parents, DOE absurdly claims that their refusal to report on vaccinat...
Feb 20, 2022•56 min•Ep. 87
Daniel spoke to NYCDOE educator & parent, Camille Eterno, about the state of our city schools and her run for president of the United Federation of Teachers. They discussed smaller class sizes, mayoral control, health & safety during the pandemic and the response by the DOE and UFT, changes to retiree healthcare, our upcoming teacher contract, school segregation, specialized high school admissions testing, and more!
Feb 12, 2022•57 min•Ep. 86
Chalkbeat, NYC officials keep a lid on data from tests to address ‘learning gaps’ Gothamist, Some NYC Teachers Worry "Learning Loss" Tests Will Exacerbate the Problem Class Size Matters and Education Law Center, State budget hearings testimony on the DOE’s failure to use state funds appropriately and with required public input NY Daily News, NYC Education Dept. shortens quarantine for students who test positive for COVID-19 from 10 to 5 days American Medical Association press release, AMA: CDC q...
Jan 30, 2022•56 min•Ep. 85
Podcast: Grading the Drama, DOE Unplugged https://open.spotify.com/show/4Jng3qM0d409DjzRzXGzjv
Jan 22, 2022•57 min•Ep. 84
Bloomberg News, Poor NYC Schools See Twice the Attendance Hit From Covid Surge Washington Post, New York City high school students stage walkout, citing inadequate covid measures Daily News, Ransomware feared in weeklong outage of online grading and attendance system used by NYC schools Gothamist, NYC Education Department Quietly Opens Door For Teachers To Allow More Remote Learning NYC Public School Parent Blog, Updated guidance from DOE on remote learning...
Jan 16, 2022•57 min•Ep. 83
Gotham Gazette, The Sizeable Downside of de Blasio’s education record NY1, At many schools, the DOE is testing fever kids for Covid than you might think NYC Public School Parents, Deceptive messaging and multiple gaps in the level of protection from Covid that the DOE is providing students -- but why? NYC Public School Parents , Update on Omicron and what's happening in schools in NYC and elsewhere to limit transmission NYC Public School Parents, The city's claim of low in-school transmission is...
Jan 08, 2022•57 min•Ep. 82
Daniel shares some of the highlights of the interviews of 2021. From Randi Weingartenn to Dr. David E Kirkland. From Critical Race Theory to Re-opening our schools during the pandemic.
Dec 18, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 81
NYC Council class size bill, Int. 2374, Track Language, Sponsors, Hearings, and Votes TV reports on local school protests, rallies, and push for the Int 374 to be voted on: CBS NY News , ABC NYC Ne w s, PIX News 11 . Gothamist, Teachers Union, Parents Push For Class Size Bill As Legislative Session Winds Down . Send an email to Speaker Corey Johnson to urge him to bring the bill to a vote Education Law Center, From Courthouse to Statehouse—and Back Again; The Role of Litigation in School Funding...
Dec 04, 2021•59 min•Ep. 80
