DOE info and updates on school bus strike : https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/transportation/transportation-overview Class Size Matters: C omments on the DOE's inadequate class size plan, signed onto by more than 230 advocates, parents, and educators https://classsizematters.org/comments-on-the-does-class-size-reduction-plan/ NY Daily News: Some NYC class sizes could grow this year under revised draft plan: advocates https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-nyc-class-sizes-could-g...
Sep 04, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 139
Dr. Bettina Love's website Order her new book: Punished For Dreaming Education Week article: Stop Talking About ‘Gaps’ in Education—Talk About Harm: Call it what it is PISTNYC website Sign the Petition: Demand the Mayor and Department of Education Meet Their Responsibilityto Transport our NYC Students to School ABC News: Possible school bus driver strike could leave New York City families in limbo NYC 311 advisory: Potential Yellow School Bus Strike...
Aug 28, 2023•58 min•Ep. 138
Hearings today on charter co-locations and the eviction of West Side HS focused on class size Lawsuit filed against NYC Education Department to block relocation of West Side High School Public school occupational and physical therapists reject the new UFT contract, demand higher pay 2018 UFT Resolution to stand in solidarity with occupational and physical therapists throughout the renegotiation of a contract with the city of New York Op-Ed: Occupation and Physical Therapists Continue to Fight fo...
Jul 16, 2023•55 min•Ep. 137
NY Daily News, NYC school officials were warned of cybersecurity flaws weeks before attack on student data, July 9, 2023; https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-state-comptroller-warned-schools-of-cybersecurity-issues-before-nyc-breach-20230709-5nxdgo724rg3fi5mvpbt7lrzy4-story.htm l • Audit from the Office of the State Comptroller, Privacy and Security of Student Data, May 2023; https://www.osc.state.ny.us/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2023-21s29.pdf To contact the State Comptro...
Jul 10, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 136
City and State: New York City Council adopts budget, but not without criticism Chalkbeat NY: NYC teachers union and Adams administration reach tentative deal on 5-year contract
Jul 02, 2023•57 min•Ep. 135
Video: Mayor Adams and UFT Announce Tentative Contract, June 13, 2023 Text of the new proposed UFT contract and Memorandum of Agreement Amy Zimmer and Reema Amin, Chalkbeat, NYC teachers union and Adams administration reach tentative deal on 5-year contract , June 13, 2023 Leonie Haimson, Department of Education Fails to Plan for Mandatory Class Size Reduction , Gotham Gazette, June 12, 2023; UFT on the capital plan cuts Class Size Matters chart with Capital plan cuts by school district and Init...
Jun 19, 2023•47 min•Ep. 134
Session Slide Notes - The new class size law: is DOE prepared to comply? Announcement: Annual Parent Conference on Saturday 6-11 Restore DOE Passover Observance Days 2023-2024 School Year Sign-on Form JTA: NYC public schools don’t have the final two days of Passover off next year. A petition is trying to change that Chalkbeat: NYC’s 2023-24 school calendar is out, and many teachers aren’t happy OT/PTS for A Fair Contract...
Jun 11, 2023•59 min•Ep. 133
Sign up for Class Size Matters, Annual Parent Action Conference, Saturday, June 10, 2023 Randi Levine, Advocates for Children, Testimony on the FY 24 Executive Budget , May 24, 2023 Chalkbeat, NYC vows to pay pre-K providers after lengthy delay , Nov. 3, 2022 Gothamist, NYC Childcare Centers still face payment delays, Feb. 14, 2023...
Jun 05, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 132
Campaign for New York Health - https://www.nyhcampaign.org/ MORE UFT Caucus - http://morecaucusnyc.org NYHA New York State Senate - https://www.nysenate.gov/issues/new-york-health-act Lawmakers, labor unions negotiating single-payer health care bill - https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/politics/2023/02/10/lawmakers--labor-unions-negotiating-single-payer-health-care-bill...
May 14, 2023•57 min•Ep. 131
The forced relocation of Edward Reynolds West Side High School as covered in the NYC Parent blog , the Daily News , AM NY , Chalkbeat , Diane Ravitch's blog and the NYC News Service . Annie Abrams, “ Short Changed: How Advanced Placement Cheats Students ” School Stories, How the College Board Enlists HS students to Lobby Albany for AP Funding Washington Post Answer Sheet, Ben Carson: New AP U.S. history course will make kids want to ‘sign up for ISIS’ David Coleman, Letter about AP US History Vo...
May 08, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 130
Arthur Goldstein's NYC Educator blog - http://nyceducator.com Westside High School's fight to stop the re-site proposal: You can learn more about this from the following news articles and statements: AM New York: “Upper West Side High Schoolers Protest DOE’s Plans to Relocate Their School to East Harlem” Daily News: “Proposed Relocation Threatens Transfer Students Access to Critical Resources, Students and Teachers Say” I Love the Upper West Side: “Students, Families Protest Relocating Upper Wes...
Apr 30, 2023•58 min•Ep. 129
Gothamist on DOE's previously announced plans to cut school budgets next year: https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-schools-chancellor-warns-of-funding-cuts-as-enrollment-declines Chalkbeat on the additional 3% cuts to DOE budget that Mayor Adams has now proposed: https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2023/4/4/23670470/nyc-school-education-budget-cuts-eric-adams-david-banks Information on the NY State Blue Ribbon Commission on Graduation Measures: www.nysed.gov/grad-measures/nys-blue-ribbon-commission-graduation-m...
Apr 11, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 128
Website of New Action UFT caucus: https://newaction.org/ NYC Public School Parent blog on the charter school co-location lawsuit: https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2023/03/parents-educators-uft-launch-court.html A Daily News article about the lawsuit : https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-teachers-union-parents-sue-to-block-success-academy-charter-schools-20230328-dsc6ojiagbbqlcbudsbmj33s5u-story.html...
Apr 02, 2023•57 min•Ep. 127
Washington Post Answer Sheet on the bill, More Teaching, Less Testing Press release from Rep. Bowman's office on the new bill. Click here to read a summary of the bill and a section-by-section description. Subscribe to Rep. Bowman's newsletter for updates: https://bowman.house.gov/newsletter-subscribe Daily News on the vote of the Panel for Educational Policy to approve the Mayor's Education Budget Gothamist on how this budget would cuts school funding once again....
Mar 27, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 126
The New 3 Rs - https://thenew3rs.org/ People’s Budget Campaign Launch Meeting The Needs From Harlem To Hollis - https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/peoples-budget-campaign-launch-meeting-the-needs-from-harlem-to-hollis/ The People's Plan NYC - https://peoplesplan.nyc/
Mar 12, 2023•58 min•Ep. 125
NPR on Judith Heumann's inspiring life People's Plan Rally on March 7 at 11 AM in front of Tweed against education budget cuts CBS 60 minutes on the new NYC refugee students and how PS 145M welcomed them and more at 60 Minutes overtime Project Open Arms spreadsheet at https://tinyurl.com/psopenarms with data for schools receiving funding for refugee students Columbia Spectator on worsening overcrowding at PS 145 in Manhattan Letter urging DOE to provide more space for PS 145 Chalkbeat on the Chi...
Mar 06, 2023•59 min•Ep. 124
Vox - The racist idea that changed American education: How a landmark Supreme Court decision was shaped by the racist idea that poor children can’t learn The People's Plan NYC RSVP for the 3/7 People's Budget Campaign Launch #CareNotCuts...
Feb 27, 2023•56 min•Ep. 123
Videos of NYC rally on Feb. 3, 2023: elected officials and parent leaders explaining why they oppose raising the cap on charter schools. https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2023/02/legislators-and-parents-speak-out.html Send a message to NY Governor and state legislators urging them not to raise the charter cap but require more accountability and transparency for the charter sector. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/dont-raise-the-cap-on-charters-instead-dont-make-nyc-pay-their-rent-re...
Feb 13, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 122
NYC’s Early Childhood Education Delayed Payment Crisis NYC’s pre-K workers, programs say they’re in limbo after reorganization Top NYC early childhood official leaves amid crisis in preschool payment delays Adams administration pledges to pay childcare centers after funding delays NYC pols demand answers over ousted early childhood staffers after Post report United Federation of Teachers rallies against cutbacks to city’s early childhood program NYC Pre-K and 3-K daycare providers close to closi...
Feb 05, 2023•57 min•Ep. 121
Class Size Matters analysis of the Mayor Adam's preliminary education budget for FY 2024. Class Size Matters testimony and account of Council hearings on NYC enrollment policies Chalkbeat on the cancellation of plans to co-locate Success Academy charter schools with public schools in Queens and the Bronx Recommendations from the Regents Taskforce for Reducing Disparities and Reforming School Discipline in NY State Double Jeopardy: Teacher Biases, Racialized Organizations, and the Production of R...
Jan 30, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 120
- Educolor - http://educolor.org The NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees - http://nycretirees.org
Jan 15, 2023•57 min•Ep. 119
Panel for Educational Policy meetings on January 24 and January 25, 2023 Information on Success Charter school Co-location proposals in Queens to be voted upon on January 24 and in the Bronx on January 25 NYC Parent Blog: Comments on charter school co-locations Gary Rubinstein on Success Academy student attrition rates here and here Legal judgement against Success Academy charters for pushing out students with disabilities Mayor Adams gives himself a B+ grade for his first year in office...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 118
New schools chief vows to slash bloated DOE, whose budget grew $10B under de Blasio Chancellor David Banks pumps up DOE bureaucracy amid budget cuts to schools Controversial NYC $31 million textbook contract offers no discounts despite massive school system Adams Gives Himself ‘Solid B+’ on First Year. How’s He Done?...
Jan 01, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 117
NYC Public School Parent blog on Horrible McGraw Hill contract and Daily News on its temporary withdrawal Panel for Educational Policy meetings on proposed charter school co-locations, scheduled for Dec. 21, Jan. 5 and Jan. 25. Gary Rubinstein on Success Academy student attrition Pen America reports on book-banning and how to subscribe to their newsletter on the subject NY Times on A Fast-Growing Network of Conservative Groups Is Fueling a Surge in Book Bans Judd Legum on efforts to ban 3600 boo...
Dec 18, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 116
Sue's archive of articles at the New York Post: https://nypost.com/author/susan-edelman/ The FOIL lawsuit memo: https://www.classsizematters.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/NYP-lawsuit-FOIL-memo-of-law.pdf Some of the more recent stories we covered in the broadcast: - NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks, Eric Adams put each other’s girlfriends in top posts - Chancellor David Banks pumps up DOE bureaucracy amid budget cuts to schools - NYC principal and cronies secretly demand steep rent from Domin...
Dec 03, 2022•54 min•Ep. 115
Class Size Matters press release on the Appellate court decision on the school budget cuts lawsuit; here are news clips from the NY Times , the Daily News , Chalkbeat and Gothamist . Christopher Bonastia, The Battle Nearer to Home: The Persistence of School Segregation in New York City . Order from Barnes and Noble . Under his musical alias Uno Collision, Bonastia has also released a soundtrack album to accompany the book. Several tracks include excerpts of interviews in which individuals reflec...
Nov 26, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 114
Check out: http://nycretirees.org
Nov 19, 2022•55 min•Ep. 113
# NYC sends $12 million to schools serving newcomers. The city’s budget watchdog says they’re owed more. [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2022/10/31/23433768/migrant-student-funding-nyc-school] NYC Council, advocates blast DOE for delaying payments to early childhood programs [ https://nypost.com/2022/10/19/nyc-council-advocates-blast-city-for-late-payments-to-child-care-workers/ ] # Adams administration pledges to pay childcare centers after funding delays [ https://gothamist.com/news/adams-administra...
Nov 05, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 112
https://www.wiesenthal.com/ https://nypost.com/2022/08/14/nyc-parents-want-principal-claire-lowenstein-ousted-from-manhattan-school-for-children/ https://ilovetheupperwestside.com/p-s-333-principal-claire-lowenstein-will-be-removed-from-position/...
Nov 04, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 111
Chancellor Banks on why he's keeping selective admissions policies https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2022/10/13/23403030/david-banks-screened-school-admissions-nyc The plight of NYC schools trying to support the new influx of migrant students https://gothamist.com/news/south-bronx-school-struggles-to-accommodate-dozens-of-asylum-seeking-students Leonie's visit to one of these schools https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2022/10/my-visit-to-school-that-has-welcomed-50.html Project Open Arms organiz...
Oct 23, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 110
