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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 va...

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,...

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 ‘fa...

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

Dr. Michael Oppenheimer bio Gothamist - NYC schools open amid flooding as parents wonder how students will get home Chalkbeat New York - Torrential downpour floods 150 NYC schools, throws commutes into disarray NYC DOE Emergency Readiness NYC Green Schools Guide City green plan for schools Federal bill for green new deal for schools just introduced by Bowman and Markey

Chalkbeat, COVID guidance for NYC schools https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2023/9/12/23870420/nyc-schools-covid-guidance-2023-2024-testing-vaccines UNESCO report, An Ed Tech Tragedy? https://www.unesco.org/en/digital-education/ed-tech-tragedy NY Times article about the UNESCO report https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/technology/unesco-report-remote-learning-inequity.html Class Size Matters presentation on...

Professor Noliwe Rooks bio  Broken air conditioners mean some NYC students return to hot classrooms NYC students and school staff swelter in class with nearly 500 AC repairs needed Back to School Heat Wave: How Should the UFT Respond? Call to Action: Does your Classroom/School have functioning AC? Complete this survey to help in this campaign: http://tinyurl.com/nycdoeacsurvey

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 rev...

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...

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...

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...

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

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; ...

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...

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  

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

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....

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, St...

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 Co...

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-dsc6ojiagb...

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 B...