Talk Out of School

Daily News, New formula for N.Y. State education aid turns out to be bad news for NYC, https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/05/08/new-formula-for-n-y-state-education-aid-turns-out-to-be-bad-news-for-nyc/ Times Union, Education commissioner says NY may trade away private school regulations, https://www.timesunion.com/education/article/education-commissioner-says-ny-trade-away-private-20310333.php NY Times, New York May Weaken Its Oversight Over Religious Schools, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/nyregion/new-york-hasidic-schools-oversight.html Scotus Blog, Supreme Court divided over approving first religious charter school , https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/supreme-court-divided-over-approving-first-religious-charter-school/ The 74, Big Education Issues at Stake as Supreme Court Hears Religious Charter Case, www.the74million.org/article/big-education-issues-at-stake-as-supreme-court-hears-religious-charter-case/

Julian Vasquez Heilig's blog, Cloaking Inequity, https://cloakinginequity.com/US Dept of Education "Dear Colleague" letter, February 14, 2025, https://www.ed.gov/media/document/dear-colleague-letter-sffa-v-harvard-109506.pdf US Dept of Education requesting districts certify compliance with Title VI, April 3, 2025, https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/ed-requires-k-12-school-districts-certify-compliance-title-vi-and-students-v-harvard-condition-of-receiving-federal-financial-assistance Des Moines Register, Fearing federal DEI policies, Waterloo schools withdrew from African American reading event, March 12, 2025https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/local/2025/03/11/waterloo-schools-withdraw-african-american-read-in-trump-dei/81949713007/ NY State letter to US Dept of Education, rejecting request for district certification on DEI, April 4, 2025 https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25879984-040425-dmb-to-ocr-re-request-for-title-vi-certification/ District Administration, States now falling in line with DEI order; resistance remains, April 16, 2025https://districtadministration.com/article/one-big-state-is-vowing-to-defy-trumps-dei-order/ ACLU, Information about ACLU and NEA lawsuit challenging the Department of Education's Feb. 14, 2025, Dear Colleague Letter,https://www.aclu-nh.org/en/cases/nea-and-nea-nh-v-us-department-educationNAACP lawsuit, https://www.naacpldf.org/wp-content/uploads/001-Complaint-NAACP-v.-U.S.-Dept-of-Educ.-et-al_.pdf WMUR, Federal judge considering whether to stop enforcement of Dept. of Education letter regarding DEI policies, April 17, 2025https://www.wmur.com/article/new-hampshire-aclu-education-dept-dei-lawsuit/64515739 U.S. Department of Education press release, Letters to 60 Universities Under Investigation for Antisemitic Discrimination and Harassment, March 10, 2025 https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-educations-office-civil-rights-sends-letters-60-universities-under-investigation-antisemitic-discrimination-and-harassment The Guardian, Columbia University caves to demands to restore $400m from Trump administration, March 21, 2025https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/21/columbia-university-funding-trump-demandsMichael Roth, NYT oped, Trump Is Selling Jews a Dangerous Lie, April 7, 2025,https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/opinion/trump-jewish-antisemitism-wesleyan.html Trump administration letter to Harvard threatening loss of funding, April 11, 2025https://www.harvard.edu/research-funding/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2025/04/Letter-Sent-to-Harvard-2025-04-11.pdfAlan Garber, Harvard President, The Promise of American Higher Education, April 14, 2025https://www.harvard.edu/president/news/2025/the-promise-of-american-higher-education/ Chronicle of Higher Education, These Faculty Senates Are Trying to Band Together to Stand Up to Trump, April 14, 2025https://www.chronicle.com/article/these-faculty-senates-are-trying-to-band-together-to-stand-up-to-trump ABC News, Trump admin freezes billions in funding to Harvard University after rejecting demands, April 15, 2025https://abcnews.go.com/US/harvard-university-rejects-trump-administrations-demands-risking-billions/story?id=120799115 Fortune, Harvard's defiance of Trump's ‘authoritarian incursion' supported by over 80 past and present college and university presidents, April 15, 2025 https://fortune.com/2025/04/15/harvard-defiance-trump-supported-college-university-presidents/?abc123 Bryan Alexander's blog, “The professors are the enemy”: J.D. Vance on higher education, July 18, 2024https://bryanalexander.org/politics/the-professors-are-the-enemy-j-d-vance-on-higher-education/

MPR News, Trump to sign order aiming to close the Education Department, https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/03/20/npr-trump-executive-action-education-departmentNY Times, Teachers Unions Sue Trump Administration Over Push to Shut Education Dept, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/us/trump-education-department-lawsuit.htmlEducation Law Center, Coalition Sues Trump Administration For Dismantling Department of Education, Hurting All Students https://edlawcenter.org/coalition-sues-trump-administration-for-dismantling-department-of-education-hurting-all-studentsEd Law Center legal complaint, https://edlawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/NAACP-et-al-v-US-et-al-DOE-Complaint.pdfPress Release from 21 State Attorney Generals about their lawsuit to prevent mass layoffs at the Dept. of Education, https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2025/attorney-general-james-continues-fight-stop-trump-shutting-down-departmentTheir initial complaint https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/court-filings/state-of-new-york-et-al-v-linda-mcmahon-united-states-department-of-education-complaint-2025.pdfTheir Memo of Law, asking for a Preliminary Injunction after the Executive Order was filedhttps://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/court-filings/state-of-new-york-et-al-v-linda-mcmahon-et-al-motion-for-preliminary-injunction-2025.pdfDemocracy Forward lawsuit filed on behalf of AFT, University Professors and MA school districts https://democracyforward.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/EDComplaint.pdf](https://democracyforward.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/EDComplaint.pdfEd Week, States Get Antsy as Education Department Layoffs Delay Millions for Schools, https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/states-get-antsy-as-education-department-layoffs-delay-millions-for-schools/2025/03NY State Education Department affidavit about US Dept of Ed failure to send remaining pandemic school aid https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.281941/gov.uscourts.mad.281941.71.31_1.pdfInside Higher Ed, Education Department Reeling After Layoffs , https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/politics-elections/2025/03/25/education-department-staff-struggle-after-massPublic Funds Public Schools, Bill Tracker for proposed legislation on private school voucher programs https://pfps.org/billtracker/Inside Higher Ed, Trump's Plan to Move Student Loans to SBA Raises Concerns, https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/student-aid-policy/2025/03/21/small-business-administration-take-over-student-loansInside Higher Ed, Poll Finds Abolishing the Education Department ‘Wildly Unpopular', https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/02/06/poll-abolishing-department-education-unpopularStudent Borrower Protection Center, New Poll Confirms: Trump's Plan to Abolish Department of Education is Extremely Unpopular Among , Voters https://protectborrowers.org/new-poll-confirms-trumps-plan-to-abolish-department-of-education-is-extremely-unpopular-among-voters

Leonie interviews Michael Mulgrew, President of the United Federation of Teachers, on the upcoming Mayoral and UFT elections, his record as President and goals if re-elected for a sixth term, as well as the hot button issues of Medicare Advantage, class size, curriculum, and the Trump administration's assault on our public schools.

A Better Contract. - http://abettercontract.orgAmy Arundell for UFT President: A New Era for the UFT, Its Members, and the People They Serve

Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos, Feb. 12, 2025, A Message for Families Regarding Non-Local Law Enforcement, https://www.schools.nyc.gov/about-us/messages-for-familiesAP, Feb. 11, 2025, DOGE cuts $900 million from agency that tracks American students' academic progresshttps://apnews.com/article/ies-musk-doge-education-cuts-4461d7bdbe9d55c5a411d8465999b011Stars and Stripes, Feb. 7, 2025, DODEA adds lessons to ‘do not use' list sent to schools worldwidehttps://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2025-02-07/dodea-removes-book-pending-review-16753412.htmlScripps News, Feb. 14, 2025, Public schools face deadline to remove DEI policies or lose federal fundinghttps://www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/education/public-schools-face-deadline-to-remove-dei-policies-or-lose-federal-fundingWaPost, Feb. 14, 2025, Park Service deletes trans references on Stonewall Inn monument pagehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/02/13/stonewall-transgender-lgb-national-park-service/Stonewall National Monument website, https://www.nps.gov/ston/index.htmWash Post, Feb. 4, 2025 Here are the words putting science in the crosshairs of Trump's ordershttps://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/02/04/national-science-foundation-trump-executive-orders-words/On the Media, Feb.17, 2025. Donald Trump is Rewriting the Past.https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/articles/donald-trump-is-rewriting-the-past-plus-the-christian-groups-vying-for-political-powerMSNBC, Feb. 14,, 2025 At confirmation hearing, Linda McMahon refuses to say Black history courses will be allowedhttps://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/linda-mcmahon-black-history-dei-trump-rcna192301The 74, Feb. 13 Stunned Education Researchers Say Cuts Go Beyond DEI, Hitting Math, Literacyhttps://www.the74million.org/article/stunned-education-researchers-say-cuts-go-beyond-dei-hitting-math-literacy/Audrey Watters blog https://audreywatters.com/blog/ and https://2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/Audrey Watters on AI Foreclosure https://2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ai-foreclosure/CNN, Oct. 13, 2024 With AI warning, Nobel winner joins ranks of laureates who've cautioned about the risks of their own workhttps://www.cnn.com/2024/10/13/health/nobel-laureate-warnings-ai/Statement on AI Risk, https://www.safe.ai/work/statement-on-ai-riskMichael Gerlach, AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinkinghttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15/1/6 ¬¬¬¬¬¬

Chalkbeat, Some crowded NYC schools want enrollment caps to cut class sizes. Will the city pay for it? https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/01/22/overcrowded-schools-seek-enrollment-caps-cut-class-sizes/ Gothamist, Gov. Hochul's NY school cellphone ban gets a warm reception in Albany, https://gothamist.com/news/gov-hochuls-ny-school-cell-phone-ban-gets-a-warm-reception-in-albany Chalkbeat, ‘Everyone is scared': Deportation fears keep immigrant students home from NYC schoolshttps://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/01/24/trump-immigration-policy-and-deportation-fears-affect-attendance-for-immigrant-families/ Daily News, New York education officials concerned about cellphone ban amid Trump's deportations plans, https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/01/23/new-york-education-officials-concerned-about-cellphone-ban-amid-trumps-deportations-plans/Chalkbeat, NYC school board to vote on resolution affirming support for undocumented students, https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/01/08/school-board-preps-resolution-on-undocumented-students-before-trump-term/ PEP Resolution in many languages here: https://t.co/efWDQI8sbh

Daniel interviews veteran educator, unionist and former political director of the United Federation of Teachers, Paul Egan. We discuss his nearly ten year tenure as the United Federation of Teachers' political director -- from the Bloomberg and Cuomo years to the De Blasio years. Egan dispels the tabloid controversies.

Class Size Matters and Education Law Center, Letter to the Commissioner Rosa about DOE's failure to comply with the class size law. https://classsizematters.org/class-size-matters-education-law-center-letter-to-commissioner-asking-that-she-require-nyc-to-abide-by-class-size-law/Parent Coalition for Student Privacy, Teenspace sharing sensitive personal data with ad trackers and social media companies. https://studentprivacymatters.org/hearings-and-testimony-on-student-mental-health/

NYC Parent Blog, on the SHSAT and Chancellors regulations on privacy; https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2024/12/comments-on-shsat-and-chancellors.html Class Size Matters, Presentation to CPAC: Problems with the DOE's failure to implement class size reduction https://classsizematters.org/problems-with-does-implementation-of-class-size-reduction/ Class Size Matters, Video of CPAC presentation, ten minutes in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmQinnJyThkJon Valant bio https://www.brookings.edu/people/jon-valant/ Brookings Institution, Project 2025 and education: A lot of bad ideas, some more actionable than others, https://www.brookings.edu/articles/project-2025-and-education-a-lot-of-bad-ideas-some-more-actionable-than-others/ Brookings Institution, Be wary of what you read in the school voucher debatehttps://www.brookings.edu/articles/be-wary-of-what-you-read-in-the-school-voucher-debate/ AP, A push for school choice fell short in Trump's first term. He may now have a more willing Congress https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-trump-school-choice-congress-019f50fb5ad7994434573c2244fd1b62 Ed Week, What a National School Choice Program Under President Trump Might Look Like https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/what-a-national-school-choice-program-under-president-trump-might-look-like/2024/11Reuters, Trump eyes 'school choice' tax break, a longstanding conservative goal https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-likely-expand-school-choice-longstanding-conservative-goal-2024-11-21/ AP, Trump wants to end ‘wokeness' in education. He has vowed to use federal money as leverage, https://apnews.com/article/trump-woke-education-24f864d83e2f5745d12a79ebac0d7cc4 NEA, Protections Against Discrimination on the Basis of Sex, Including Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, and Pregnancy and Related Conditions Under the New Title IX Final Rule , https://www.nea.org/resource-library/title-IX-final-rule-protections-against-discrimination Ed Week, How Trump Could Roll Back Access to Free School Lunches, https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/how-trump-could-roll-back-access-to-free-school-lunches/2024/11

https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2024/11/interview-with-akil-bello-and-pearson.htmlCNN, Linda McMahon, Trump's Education pick, was sued for allegedly enabling sexual abuse of children https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/business/linda-mcmahon-abuse-wwe-trump-education/index.htmlAdvocates for Children, Student Homelessness in New York City, 2023–24. https://advocatesforchildren.org/policy-resource/student-homelessness-data-2024/Daily News, Push to digitize NYC entrance exam for specialized high schools reignites equity debate, https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/11/23/push-to-digitize-nyc-entrance-exam-for-specialized-high-schools-reignites-equity-debate/?share=tcoohytentooicndwciuDOE's proposed contract with Pearson for the SHSAT, https://www.schools.nyc.gov/docs/default-source/data/contracts-agendac5e42b19-b471-4be6-aac5-6985c414342d.pdf?sfvrsn=2cdf075e_1Akil Bello, SHSAT testimony for NYC Council https://akilbello.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/city-council-written-testimony-shsat-.pdfNational Academy of Science, High Stakes Testing for Tracking, Promotion, and Graduation, https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/6336/high-stakes-testing-for-tracking-promotion-and-graduationFairtest, NACAC Panels Emphasize the Benefits of Test Optional/Free Policies, https://fairtest.org/a-review-of-panels-at-the-nacac-conference-which-discussed-test-optional-policies/Chalkbeat, NYC specialized high school offers to Black and Latino students inch up but remain stubbornly low, https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/06/18/specialized-high-school-offers-to-black-and-latino-students-increase-but-remain-low/Hechinger Report, The problem with high-stakes testing and women in STEM, https://hechingerreport.org/the-problem-with-high-stakes-testing-and-women-in-stem/Jonathan Taylor, Fairness To Gifted Girls: Admissions To New York City's Elite Public High Schools, Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 25(1): 75–91 (2019).https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/00551c876cc2f027,294b56436594090b,2e036b8a364ae7df.htmlCNN, State plan calls for dropping Regents requirement by 2028, https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/education/2024/11/04/state-plan-calls-for-dropping-regents-requirement-by-2028FairTest, Massachusetts & New York Reject Graduation Exam Requirements; Only Six States Maintain Mandatory Exit Tests For Diploma, https://fairtest.org/massachusetts-only-six-states-maintain-mandatory-exit-tests-for-diploma-voters-and-policy-makers-see-education-and-equity-benefits-from-multiple-measur/WBUR, Question 2 wins: Mass. voters end MCAS high school graduation requirement, https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/11/06/massachusetts-ballot-question-2-approved-mcas-test-measure-resultWBUR, Billionaire Mike Bloomberg funnels $2.5M toward opposing MCAS ballot measure, https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/10/28/bloomberg-massachusetts-election-mcasEdReform Now, Tracking the Impact of the SFFA Decision on College Admissions, https://edreformnow.org/2024/09/09/tracking-the-impact-of-the-sffa-decision-on-college-admissions/Yale Daily News, Applicants, admissions officers navigate first test-flexible application process, https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2024/11/18/applicants-admissions-officers-navigate-first-test-flexible-application-process/Akil Bello, The NY Times Doesn't Cover College, https://akilbello.com/2024/05/06/the-ny-times-doesnt-cover-college/Akil Bello, The Misguided War on Test Optional, https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/02/05/misguided-war-test-optional-opinionNY Times, He Worked for Years to Overturn Affirmative Action and Finally Won. He's Not Done. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/08/us/edward-blum-affirmative-action-race.htmlWashington Post, Fearless Fund settles with DEI foes, ends grant program for Black women, https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/09/11/fearless-fund-edward-blum-settlement/

Trans formative Schools Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/trans.formative.schools/Trans formative schools website https://www.transformativeschools.org/](https://www.transformativeschools.org/)Simón(e) Sun, PhD website https://simonesun.com/](https://simonesun.com/Peña, R., Florence, J. & Daniels, A. A., (2023) “Trans formative Schools: Transing Education”, VUE (Voices in Urban Education)_ 51(2), 16–20. doi: https://doi.org/10.35240/vue.32NYSED, Creating a Safe, Supportive, and Affirming School Environment for Transgender and Gender Expansive Students: 2023 Legal Update and Best Practices Frequently Asked Questionshttps://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/student-support-services/creating-a-safe-supportive-and-affirming-school-environment-for-transgender-and-gender-expansive-students-faq-2023.pdf

Parent Coalition for Student Privacy, Letter opposing the proposed revisions to Chancellors regulation A-820; https://classsizematters.org/serious-concerns-with-does-proposed-weakening-of-their-student-privacy-regulations-how-you-can-help/ on student privacyBriefing on failures of NYC to protect student privacy including potential revisions to Chancellors regulation A-820 co-sponsored by AQE and the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy https://studentprivacymatters.org/safeguarding-your-childs-personal-data-threat-to-student-privacy-from-does-use-of-digital-learning-teenspace-college-board-ai-more/Talk out of School show on threats to student privacy from Teenspace and AI, Sept. 23, 2024 https://talk-out-of-school.simplecast.com/episodes/student-privacy-concerns-with-teenspace-and-aiDOE's proposal for 3rd year SY2025-2026 of mandated class size reduction  video: Joint Class Size Training Webinar (Open external link);  Class Size FAQChalkbeat, As Kamala Harris ascends to Democratic presidential frontrunner, get to know her education recordhttps://www.chalkbeat.org/2024/07/22/democratic-presidential-candidate-kamala-harris-on-education-and-schools/Hechinger Report, How could Project 2025 change education?https://hechingerreport.org/how-could-project-2025-change-education/Center for American Progress, Project 2025's Elimination of Title I Funding Would Hurt Students and Decimate Teaching Positions in Local Schools https://www.americanprogress.org/article/project-2025s-elimination-of-title-i-funding-would-hurt-students-and-decimate-teaching-positions-in-local-schools/Remarks by Vice President Harris at the American Federation of Teachers' 88th National Convention https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/07/25/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-at-the-american-federation-of-teachers-88th-national/ 

The 74, In Private Texts, NY Ed Council Reps, Congressional Candidate Demean LGBTQ Kids, https://www.the74million.org/article/in-private-texts-ny-ed-council-reps-congressional-candidate-demean-lgbtq-kids/Hedgeclippers, Billionaire-Backed Bigots in the Big Apple http://hedgeclippers.org/billionaire-backed-bigots-in-the-big-apple/Upper East Side. Extremist Group ‘Moms For Liberty' Plans UES Event, Drawing Condemnation, https://www.uppereastsite.com/moms-for-liberty-upper-east-side-town-hall/  Patch, Outrage Builds Over UES 'Moms For Liberty' Event https://patch.com/new-york/upper-east-side-nyc/outrage-builds-over-ues-moms-liberty-event Institute for Free Speech, Federal Judge Rules for Parents; Reinstates Maud Maron to Education Council in Pivotal Free Speech Case https://www.ifs.org/news/federal-judge-rules-for-parents-reinstates-maud-maron-to-education-council-in-pivotal-free-speech-case/

Jonathan Halabi - UFT Welfare Fund nest egg – bigger than most nestsRonnie Almonte - The UFT Welfare Fund Widens Gap Between Investments and Benefits Paid—AgainRonnie Almonte - The UFT Welfare Fund is Prioritizing Investments over Dental BenefitsThe Wire - UFT Mulgrew's Unity Caucus vows to protect our Welfare Fund from themselves?The Wire - Mulgrew and UFT Unity, Not MLC, Initiated Health Cuts

NYTimes, David Banks, N.Y.C. Schools Chancellor, Moves Up His Departure, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/nyregion/david-banks-schools-chancellor-resign.htmlChalkbeat NY, Departing NYC chancellor David Banks' next act? Writing a book, https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/10/10/departing-schools-chancellor-david-banks-promises-to-write-book/NY Daily News, Former top NYC Mayor Adams aide Sheena Wright makes cryptic post about ‘stories to tell' after resignation https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/10/09/former-top-nyc-mayor-adams-aide-sheena-wright-makes-cryptic-post-about-stories-to-tell-after-resignation/ NY TImes, Investigators Search N.Y.P.D. School Safety Offices in Bribery Inquiry, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/10/nyregion/eric-adams-bribery-inquiry-school-safety.html  Education Week,A Fading School Reform? Mayoral Control Is Ending in Another City https://www.edweek.org/leadership/a-fading-school-reform-mayoral-control-is-ending-in-another-city/2023/06WBEZ, What to know about the CPS School Board resignations and the fallout, https://www.wbez.org/education/2024/10/10/what-to-know-about-the-cps-school-board-resignations-and-the-fallout What to know about the CPS School Board resignations and the fallout

www.cpe1.nyc/fifty - Central Park East I Websitehttps://vimeo.com/13993087 - Why We are Here, short documentary https://highqualityearlylearning.org/pre-k-videos/ - Walking Alongside the Learner, short documentaryhttps://deborahmeier.com/writings/books/ - Deborah Meier's bookshttps://deborahmeier.com/about/ - Biography of Deborah Meier https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/05/nyregion/anthony-j-alvarado-dead.html - Anthony Alvarado, former superintendent D4 East Harlem NYC Department of Educationhttps://www.nydailynews.com/2017/06/01/replacement-named-for-east-harlem-principal-who-was-forced-out-by-parent-protests/ - Gabriel Feldberg named Principal of Central Park East One Elementary schoolhttps://www.district4nyc.org/ - NYCDOE District 4 Webpage listing progressive schools in the  districthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Heart - Music of the Heart, 1999 film starring Merryl Streep, based on a violin program that was started by Roberta Guaspari  at Central Park East in 1981, expanded and then was nearly eliminated by DOE  officials ten years later when they tried to cut its budget. 

Mayor Eric Adams Indicted by Federal Grand Jury - The CityMayor Eric Adams faces federal indictment hours after naming new schools chancellor - Chalkbeat NYNYC schools Chancellor David Banks announces he's retiring amid federal investigations - Chalkbeat NYMelissa Aviles-Ramos, NYC's next schools chancellor, says she'll have Mayor Adams' back - Chalkbeat NY 

amNYC, Education advocates blast DOE for having ‘no plan' for smaller class sizes; https://www.amny.com/news/nyc-education-advoactes-doe-plan-class-sizes/ NYC Public School Parents, More evidence in the just-released Mayor's Management Report that DOE has no real class size plan https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2024/09/more-evidence-in-just-released-mayors.htmlChalkbeatNY, AI's new role in NYC schools? Chancellor Banks teases personalized learning and college counseling; https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/09/17/david-banks-ai-state-of-our-schools-2024Chancellor David C. Banks 2024 - State of our Schools Remarks; https://www.is281.com/apps/news/article/1967361New Republic, David Banks's Dystopian Vision for NY Public Schools; https://newrepublic.com/article/185958/ai-classroom-new-york-david-banksParent Coalition for Student Privacy, Privacy concerns with NYC student use of Teenspace online counseling service; https://studentprivacymatters.org/privacy-concerns-about-nycs-promotion-of-the-teenspace-online-counseling-service/Daily News, Advocates raise alarm about privacy with NYC's teen mental telehealth service https://studentprivacymatters.org/privacy-concerns-about-nycs-promotion-of-the-teenspace-online-counseling-service/Chalkbeat, Data privacy advocates raise alarm over NYC's free teen teletherapy program; https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/09/10/privacy-advocates-raise-concerns-free-teletherapy-teens-data/State Scoop, Privacy advocates are concerned by NYC's online teen counseling service; https://statescoop.com/privacy-advocates-nyc-teen-counseling-talkspace/K12 Dive, $26M Talkspace contract with NYC stirs student data privacy concerns; https://www.k12dive.com/news/talkspace-nyc-data-privacy-teenspace/727070/Links to websites AI for Families, NYCLU AI for Families Substack; https://www.aiforfamilies.com/New York Civil Liberties Union on privacy; https://www.nyclu.org/issues/protecting-privacy-autonomy/privacy

The City, Adams Family Values: A Guide to the Kin and Friends New York City's Mayor Relies On;https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/09/12/eric-adams-family-nypd-connections-fbi-investigation-banks-caban/AP, A tech company hired a top NYC official's brother. A private meeting and $1.4M in contracts followedhttps://apnews.com/article/new-york-mayor-federal-investigation-banks-b2369819ff7ccd4e630899eb08538bae?ref=biztoc.comDaily News, Firm doing business with NYC met with Schools Chancellor David Banks after hiring brother Terencehttps://www.nydailynews.com/2024/09/13/firm-doing-business-with-nyc-met-with-schools-chancellor-david-banks-after-hiring-brother-terence-banks-fbi-probe/The City, A Tech Firm Ditched a Power Lobbyist — and Called on the Schools Chancellor's Brotherhttps://www.thecity.nyc/2024/09/09/terence-banks-saferwatch-corey-johnson-david-phil/NY Post, NYC school chancellor's brother bragged about political connections — but scrubbed his website after FBI raid of Adams' aideshttps://nypost.com/2024/09/08/us-news/school-chancellors-brother-bragged-about-political-connections-but-scrubbed-his-website-after-federal-raid/NY Post, NYC Schools Big Gets Off Easy in Chicken Bribe Casehttps://nypost.com/2024/09/09/us-news/nyc-schools-big-eric-goldstein-gets-off-easy-in-chicken-bribe-case/NY Post, NYC Educrats Took Own Kids to Magic Kingdom on Trips Meant for Homeless Studentshttps://nypost.com/2024/09/15/us-news/what-happens-in-disney-stays-in-disney-nyc-educrats-took-own-kids-to-magic-kingdom-on-trips-meant-for-homeless-students/Special Commissioner of Investigation for the NYC School District, DOE Students in Temporary Housing (“STH”) Regional Manager and Others Brought Family Members on DOE-funded Out-of-Town Trips Meant for Homeless Students.https://nycsci.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/20191844_Redacted.pdfChalkbeat, NYC new education board chair pick is same as old chair, despite effort to distance role from mayorhttps://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/09/14/mayor-eric-adams-picks-gregory-faulkner-for-panel-for-educational-policy-chair/NY Post, Eric Adams fails to name third trustee to oversee billions of dollars in NYC school constructionhttps://nypost.com/2024/08/31/us-news/eric-adams-fails-to-name-nyc-trustee-to-oversee-billions-of-dollars-in-school-construction/NY Post, Almost 50% of NYC teachers don't trust embattled DOE Chancellor David Banks: surveyhttps://nypost.com/2024/09/14/us-news/almost-50-of-nyc-school-teachers-dont-trust-embattled-doe-chancellor-david-banks-report/Letter to Mayor, Chancellor & NYC Health Commissioner regarding privacy concerns with Teenspace mental health services https://studentprivacymatters.org/privacy-concerns-about-nycs-promotion-of-the-teenspace-online-counseling-service/State Scoop, Privacy advocates are concerned by NYC's online teen counseling servicehttps://statescoop.com/privacy-advocates-nyc-teen-counseling-talkspace/Chalkbeat, Data privacy advocates raise alarm over NYC's free teen teletherapy programhttps://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/09/10/privacy-advocates-raise-concerns-free-teletherapy-teens-data/Daily News, Advocates raise alarm about privacy with NYC's teen mental telehealth servicehttps://www.nydailynews.com/2024/09/10/advocates-raise-alarm-about-privacy-with-nycs-teen-mental-telehealth-service/Talkspace Lawsuit Claims Therapy Website Secretly Shares User Data with TikTokhttps://www.classaction.org/news/talkspace-lawsuit-claims-therapy-website-secretly-shares-user-data-with-tiktok

NY Post, Parents, educators beg NYC to allow shorter days for tots starting 3-K, pre-K: ‘Cruel and abusive' https://nypost.com/2024/08/24/us-news/parents-educators-beg-nyc-to-allow-shorter-days-for-tots-starting-3-k-pre-k-cruel-and-abusive/Daily News, Mayor Adams backs off proposed NYC school cellphone ban for now www.nydailynews.com/2024/08/27/mayor-adams-backs-off-proposed-nyc-school-cellphone-ban-for-now/NY Post , Adams fails to name trustee to oversee billions in school construction https://nypost.com/2024/08/31/us-news/eric-adams-fails-to-name-nyc-trustee-to-oversee-billions-of-dollars-in-school-constructionAtlantic, Urban Family Exodus a warning for progressives, https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/08/the-urban-family-exodus-is-a-warning-for-progressives/679350/Mayor Adams, City Council Announce Historic 10-Point Plan to Make High-Quality Child Care More Affordable, Accessible for all New Yorkers https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/668-24/mayor-adams-city-council-historic-10-point-plan-make-high-quality-child-care-moreamNew York_Mayor, Council hit reset on NYC's free pre-K and preschool programs, advocates say plan lacks details https://www.amny.com/news/mayor-council-pre-k-programs-reset-preschool/PreK/3K Creative Curriculum school day schedule https://teachingstrategies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Article_Planning-How-You-Spend-Your-Time_English.pdfExtended day schedule https://www.nj.gov/education/earlychildhood/preschool/docs/CCSchedule.pdfInstitute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse, The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool, Fourth Edition, was found to have no discernible effects on oral language, print knowledge, phonological processing, or math for preschool children. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/InterventionReport/512 

Second  City Teachers - Jim VailNew AFT Pension Report Calls Out Private Equity Firms' Labor PracticesFighting The Harmful Impacts Of Private Equity On Our Economy, Public Pension Funds And Healthcare System

Class Size Matters, Letter to NY State Education Commissioner about lack of detail and lax timetable in NYC School Capital Plan https://classsizematters.org/nycs-updated-school-capital-plan-lax-timetable-no-specifics-for-how-they-will-meet-the-mandate-for-class-size-reduction/Washington Post, Governor Tim Walz record on Education https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/08/harris-vp-walz-education-agriculture/Minnesota Star Tribune, Minnesota Legislature passes higher ed bill that includes free college tuition program https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-legislature-passes-higher-ed-bill-that-includes-free-college-tuition-program/600273891  Education Minnesota, Walz signs historic labor and education bills into law https://educationminnesota.org/news/press-release/walz-signs-historic-labor-and-education-bills-into-law/NY Times, High School Project on Genocide Was a Portent of Real-Life Events https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/education/23education.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BE4.m-QW.3MZBf7vaH9bn&smid=em-shareAdvocates for Children, Education programs restored, July 2024 https://3zn338.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Education-cuts-restored-from-AFC-7.24.pdf?time=1723490981  NY Daily News, NYC starts applying for more preschool special ed classes after delay sparks alarm https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/08/08/nyc-starts-applying-for-more-preschool-special-ed-classes-after-delay-sparks-alarm/?share=myttrwecesaslykyrywa  

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Daily News, Travel restrictions on NYC students to ease as MTA replaces student MetroCards with OMNY, https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/07/25/nyc-to-replace-student-metrocards-with-omny-expand-time-and-free-trips/?share=rrccxrhn2mecnhstpiweNY Times, New York Bans Realistic Active Shooter Drills in Schools, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/nyregion/school-lockdown-drills.html?unlocked_article_code=1.900.2RUw.gLW2OkUE-W0T&smid=url-shareClass Size Matters letter urging NYSED Commissioner Rosa to require that DOE produce a real class size planhttps://classsizematters.org/letter-to-commissioner-rosa-please-require-doe-to-produce-implement-a-real-class-size-plan-now/Press release: https://classsizematters.org/class-size-matters-urges-commissioner-rosa-to-require-nyc-doe-to-revise-and-fundamentally-improve-their-class-size-plan/Politico, Advocates for lower class sizes demanding new plan from City Hall https://3zn338.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Politico-article-7.22.24.pdfDaily News, Advocates ask state education commissioner to intervene in NYC's class size planhttps://3zn338.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ELC-letter-to-Commissioner-Rosa-re-NYC-class-size-plan-7.22.24.pdfdeutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog, Project 2025: Politicking for Jesushttps://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2024/07/17/project-2025-politicking-for-jesus/Chalkbeat, As Kamala Harris ascends to Democratic presidential frontrunner, get to know her education recordhttps://www.chalkbeat.org/2024/07/22/democratic-presidential-candidate-kamala-harris-on-education-and-schools/Hechinger Report, How could Project 2025 change education?https://hechingerreport.org/how-could-project-2025-change-education/Center for American Progress, Project 2025's Elimination of Title I Funding Would Hurt Students and Decimate Teaching Positions in Local Schoolshttps://www.americanprogress.org/article/project-2025s-elimination-of-title-i-funding-would-hurt-students-and-decimate-teaching-positions-in-local-schools/Remarks by Vice President Harris at the American Federation of Teachers' 88th National Conventionhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/07/25/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-at-the-american-federation-of-teachers-88th-national/The New Republic, The One Vice Presidential Pick Who Could Ruin Democratic Unityhttps://newrepublic.com/article/184151/one-vice-president-ruin-democratic-unity-josh-shapiroIn a letter, grassroots education groups urge VP Harris not to pick Gov. Shapiro as running matehttps://www.witf.org/2024/07/26/in-a-letter-grassroots-education-groups-urge-vp-harris-not-to-pick-gov-shapiro-as-running-mate/Letter here: https://sosarizona.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Education-Coalition-Letter-Opposing-Shapiro-as-VP.pdfNPE Project 2025 explainer https://vimeo.com/985171622

School Cellphone Ban Is Critical for ‘Addicted' Students, NYC Chancellor Sayshttps://www.edweek.org/technology/school-cellphone-ban-is-critical-for-addicted-students-nyc-chancellor-says/2024/06NY Students Banned From Using Phones First Hated, Then Loved Ithttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-17/new-york-schools-that-banned-mobile-phones-see-student-grades-riseNYC planning a school cellphone ban for February, principals sayhttps://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/07/17/nyc-school-cellphone-ban-could-take-effect-february-2025/AQE: School funding and Foundation Aidhttps://www.aqeny.org/our-campaigns/school-funding-foundation-aidNYS eyes changes to Foundation Aid Formulahttps://www.nydailynews.com/2024/07/16/new-york-state-eyes-changes-to-25-billion-school-aid-formula/Advocates for Children testimonyhttps://advocatesforchildren.org/policy-resource/afc-testifies-on-foundation-aid-formula/Top official overseeing early childhood to exithttps://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/07/top-official-overseeing-early-childhood-education-to-exit-00167040NYC paid consultants $350,000 to help right-size preschool programs. The findings remain elusive.https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/07/19/accenture-report-nyc-education-preschool-seats-eric-adams/Akeem Marsh, MD, Not Just Bad Kids: The Adversity and Disruptive Behavior Linkhttps://www.amazon.com/Not-Just-Bad-Kids-Disruptive/dp/0128189541

Chalkbeat New York - Cell phone ban for NYC schools could come ‘within 2 weeks,' Chancellor David Banks saysEducation Week  - School Cellphone Ban Is Critical for ‘Addicted' Students, NYC Chancellor SaysJoelle Renstrom's website--------------What internet addiction does to the brain:https://journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmen.0000022 UNESCO's report covering 14 countries & recommending a cell phone ban in schools: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000385723 97% of teens use their phones during the school day:https://www.k12dive.com/news/teen-cell-phone-use-schools/694901/ JAMA Pediatrics study about the harms of screen time exposure on infants:https://www.doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.3869 --------Joelle Renstrom's essays on phones:https://aeon.co/essays/can-students-who-are-constantly-on-their-devices-actually-learn  (the essay that established relationship with YONDR)https://aeon.co/ideas/what-happened-when-i-made-my-students-turn-off-their-phones (essay about the YONDR experiment)http://theconversation.com/is-secondhand-screen-time-the-new-secondhand-smoking-129500 (an opinion piece in which I call "secondhand screen time" the new secondhand smoking).

List of 216 schools whose initial budgets are cut compared to last year's initial budgets https://onedrive.live.com/edit?id=BE64F542247E68E7!76061&resid=BE64F542247E68E7!76061&ithint=file,xlsx&authkey=!APxYIxA0MIKmTCg&wdo=2&cid=be64f542247e68e7&link_id=1&can_id=e162a5e988b2cf9c89a105c454340eee&DOE revises online guidance to require parent consent in response to our legal appeal https://classsizematters.org/in-response-to-our-legal-appeal-doe-will-now-require-parent-consent-before-assigning-students-to-online-classes/Daily News, NYC public schools revise remote learning policy after advocates ask state to intervene https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/07/05/nyc-public-schools-revise-remote-learning-policy-after-advocates-ask-state-to-intervene/?share=thwawgnhevfaoywnencrTom Loveless, Why Common Core failed, Brookings Institute, March 18, 2021 https://www.brookings.edu/articles/why-common-core-failed/NYC's new algebra curriculum mandate divides educators https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2023/11/10/high-school-algebra-curriculum-mandate-divides-teachers/ Chalkbeat, Math instruction overhaul: NYC unveils new curriculum mandate for middle and high schools https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/06/24/nyc-schools-to-mandate-standardized-math-curriculum/ The 74, NYC Bets New, Uniform High School Math Curriculum Will Boost Student Test Scores https://www.the74million.org/article/nyc-bets-new-uniform-high-school-math-curriculum-will-boost-student-test-scores/

Norm Scott's Ed Notes Onlinehttps://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/p/about-education-notes.htmlThe Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Supermanhttps://theinconvenienttruthbehindwaitingforsuperman.com/

Norm Scott's Ed Notes Onlinehttps://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/p/about-education-notes.htmlThe Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Supermanhttps://theinconvenienttruthbehindwaitingforsuperman.com/

New America, Case Against Exit Examshttps://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/policy-papers/the-case-against-exit-examsTimes Union, New York making Regents exams voluntaryhttps://www.timesunion.com/education/article/new-york-phasing-regents-exams-19503642.phpNY Daily News, New York proposes dropping Regents exam as high school graduation requirementhttps://www.nydailynews.com/2024/06/10/new-york-proposes-dropping-regents-exam-as-high-school-graduation-requirementCity and State Eric Adams announces new contract deal with teachers union that allows more remote learninghttps://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2023/06/eric-adams-announces-new-contract-deal-teachers-union-allows-more-remote-learning/387485Government Technology, NYC to Offer Virtual Option at All Public High Schoolshttps://www.govtech.com/education/k-12/nyc-to-offer-virtual-option-at-all-public-high-schoolsChalkbeat, To meet class size mandate, NYC officials look to virtual learning[https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/05/09/remote-learning-floated-as-one-solution-to-nyc-class-size-mandate/]Parents and Class Size Matters file Commissioner's Appeal vs DOE failure to ensure parent consent before placing their children in online classeshttps://classsizematters.org/parents-and-class-size-matters-file-commissioners-appeal-vs-doe-failure-to-ensure-parent-consent-before-placing-their-children-in-online-classesDaily News, Parents, advocates ask NY State Dept. of Ed to void remote learning policy as city mulls expansionhttps://www.nydailynews.com/2024/06/14/parents-advocates-ask-ny-state-dept-of-ed-to-void-remote-learning-policy-as-city-mulls-expansion/?share=nltott2l2yyenpx4rgmaPolitico Pro, Advocacy group accuses DOE of failing to ensure parental consent for online classeshttps://3zn338.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Politico-Pro-06.14.24-on-online-learning-challenge.pdf ¬¬¬¬¬¬

School Diversity Advisory Group, Making the Grade II: New Programs for Better Schools, August 2019, https://docs.steinhardt.nyu.edu/pdfs/metrocenter/atn293/sdag/Making-the-Grade-II.pdfCourthouse News, Sweeping Suit Over NYC Schools Bias Calls to Disband ‘Gifted & Talented' Programs, March 9, 2021,https://www.courthousenews.com/sweeping-suit-over-nyc-schools-bias-calls-to-disband-gifted-talented-programs/NY Times, Court Allows Case Challenging Segregation in N.Y.C. Schools to Advance, May 2, 2024 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/02/nyregion/nyc-schools-segregation.html Public Counsel, Integrate NYC vs. New York; Case Developments https://publiccounsel.org/our-cases/integratenyc-v-new-york/case-developments/

YouTube: Chancellor Banks Holds a Media AvailabilityBen Morgenroth candidacy website - Ben4TRS.orgThe Wire -Call to Action: Contact DOE Chancellor and his liaison about failures in rolling out TRS trustee election processSign up now for our Parent Action Conference on May 11th!

School Yard RapApple Music - School Yard RapChalkbeat New York: Albany extends mayoral control for 2 years, tweaking NYC's education panelLeonie Haimson: Post mortem on a disappointing state budget

NYSED Press Release - State Education Department Releases Report on Mayoral Control of New York City SchoolsThe NYSED Report 

Politico, Prominent New York charter group launches 7-figure ad buy to support pro-Adams policy https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/new-york-charter-group-pro-adams-policy-00150512StudentsFirstNY Launches Seven-Figure Campaign to Extend Mayoral Accountability in New York City Schools https://www.studentsfirstny.org/studentsfirstny_launches_seven_figure_campaign_to_extend_mayoral_accountability_in_new_york_city_schoolsNetwork for Public Education “Public School in America: Measuring Each State's Commitment to Democratically Governed SchoolsVideo: US House Education and the Workforce Committee Hearings on Charter Schools, March 6, 2024 https://www.congress.gov/committees/video/house-education-and-the-workforce/hsed00/DfEct2eEZYUVideo: Julian Vasquez Heilig Testifies on Charter Schools before thee House Committee on Education and the Workforce https://vimeo.com/928027641Julian Vasquez Heilig written testimony before US House on Charter Schools, https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/116906/witnesses/HHRG-118-ED14-Wstate-VasquezHeiligJ-20240306.pdfJulian Vasquez Heilig blog, Cloaking Inequity https://cloakinginequity.com/2024/03/06/reflecting-on-a-momentous-day-testimony-to-congress-on-school-choice/Network for Public Education critique of CREDO 2023report on charter schools https://networkforpubliceducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/In-Fact-or-Fallacy-CREDO-Report-1.pdfIs Choice a Panacea? An Analysis of Black Secondary Student Attrition from KIPP, Other Privately Operated Charters, and Urban Districts https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0vs9d4frLong-Term Impacts of KIPP Middle and High Schools on College Enrollment, Persistence, and Attainment https://www.mathematica.org/publications/long-term-impacts-of-kipp-middle-and-high-schools-on-college-enrollment-persistence-and-attainment

Hanan Harchol bio'About A Teacher' filmHollywood Reporter: ReviewCBS News: Manhattan school district votes in favor of measure that could ban transgender athletes from girls sportsGothamist: Manhattan school committee approves plan to hinder transgender students' access to sports

Chalkbeat, NYC chancellor said he'd resign without mayoral control. His threat could add fuel to critics.Daily News, Keep Mayor Adams' control of NYC schools, Chancellor David Banks urges Albany lawmakers Sign up to testify at Council education budget hearings on March 18, 2024Info on Panel for Education Policy meeting March 20, 2024 NYU Metro Center,   Lessons in (In)Equity: An Evaluation of Cultural Responsiveness in Elementary ELA Curriculum https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/metrocenter/ejroc/lessons-inequity-evaluation-cultural-responsiveness-elementary-ela-curriculumNYU Metro scorecardNY State Education Department, Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Comments by NYC students on HMH Into Reading Chalkbeat, See which curriculum is dominating NYC's reading mandate NY1, Some parents are skeptical of new reading curriculum Contact info for guests: Alina Lewis at alinajlewis@gmail.com; MORE at MORE@morecaucusnyc.org; Flor Khan at fk725@nyu.edu

Class Size Matters - The rally for smaller classes followed by three misleading claims from the DOE & SCA at the class size hearingsDaily News - NYC Council demands progress report on class size reductionThe City Council hearing  - http://tinyurl.com/classsizehearingThe rally before the hearing videoLeonie's written testimonyEducational Council Consortium testimonyTestimony of Michael Sill, Assistant Secretary of the United Federation of Teachers

Retiree AdvocateThe New York City Organization of Public Service RetireesThe Wire:  UFT RTC election race launches with Retiree Advocate/UFT slate announced at UFT HQWork Bites: ‘We Will Be in This Building!' Medicare Advantage Foes Launch Bid to Win Control of UFT ChapterThe Wire: Mulgrew and UFT Unity, Not MLC, Initiated Health Cuts

Sign up to testify at NYC Council class size hearings on Feb. 29 at 1 PM News articles on NYS Legislature education budget hearings: NY1 and The City here  and here Class Size Matters budget testimonyClass Size Matters Testimony on Mayoral control  and presentation  to the NYC Bar AssociationPurchase Laura Pappano's book, School Moms: Parent Activism, Partisan Politics, and the Battle for Public Education at Beacon Press or AmazonUSA Today, In school board elections across America, voters offer stunning rebuke of culture war politics Bucks County Beacon, Pulling Back the Curtain on the Leadership Institute's Dominion Over Moms for Liberty Mother Jones, That Time when Moms for Liberty Came to Deep Blue NYCCNN, Moms for Liberty faces new challenges and growing pushback over its conservative education agenda 

NYS - GOVERNOR HOCHUL ANNOUNCES HIGHLIGHTS OF FY 2025 EXECUTIVE BUDGETGothamist - Profoundly disappointed': Hundreds of NY schools could get less state money in new budgetNYSUT releases analysis on Governor Hochul's executive budget: Broken promises and backtracking Chalkbeat NY - Hochul proposes more than $800 million funding increase for NY schools, 4-year extension of mayoral controlAlliance For Quality EducationTake Action: AQE PetitionLearn more: FundOurFutureNY.org

Leonie Haimson, Testimony on the myth of accountability under Mayoral control Schedule and videos of Mayoral control hearingsPolitico, Lawmakers to consider Adams approach to class size as they weigh mayoral control Submit written comments on Mayoral control by Jan. 31, 2024 here: https://www.nysed.gov/main/form/submit-written-electronic-testimony-nyc-mayoral-controlTim Schwab, The Bill Gates Problem:  Reckoning with the Myth of the Good BillionaireStudent Privacy Matters, Background of inBloom Controversy InBloom: The FOILed emails Bill Gates and Mayoral control 

How to shrink class sizes in NYC? A working group shares its recommendationsRecommendations from Class Size Working GroupNYC's class size working group delivers recommendations — but some members dissentNYC migrant families fear kids will be sleeping in the streets as shelter deadlines nearThousands of migrant kids are starting school in NYC. Is the system prepared?

Sources:Diane Ravitch -WebsiteNetwork of Public EducationNAEP scores show record drop in math for New York City's fourth graders, but not in readingAmerican Students Outperformed Much of the World During the PandemicFederal Judge Orders NYC to Fix Special Education Service and Payment DelaysMayoral control comes under fire at Bronx public hearingGOP states are embracing vouchers. Wealthy parents are benefitting.AB Snyder: Book bans are the new norm in school libraries across the countryVoters drub Moms for Liberty ‘parental rights' candidates at the ballot

Gaspare Randazzo's siteGaspare on InstagramChalkbeat NY - Mayoral control comes under fire at Bronx public hearingNew York City Mayoral Control Hearings InfoView Bronx hearing videoMayoral 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 various boroughsThe City: Two Years of Mayoral School Control for Eric Adams — With New Strings Attached NeQuan McLean and Shino Tanikawa, It's Time for a Democratic School Governance System to Replace Mayoral Control2009 Parent Commission Report on School GovernanceNYC Comptroller report, 2013: No more Rubber StampEd Week, Mayoral control: a Fading school reformTo sign up for ECC briefings on Mayoral control, register at tinyurl.com/eccsupporters

Class Size Matters - More than 300,000 NYC Students in High-Need Schools Stuck in Oversized ClassesCity and State - Report: More than 300K NYC students are in overcrowded classroomsUFT: Fight the mayor's budget cutsAndrea 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 gradesNational Education Association, Who were the big winners in the 2023 elections hAmerican 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, What You Need to Know about the Illinois Voucher Program that Was Cancelled by the LegislatureNY State Education Dept., Dates and Locations Set for Public Hearings on Mayoral Control of New York City SchoolsEd Week, A Fading School Reform? Mayoral Control Is Ending in Another City 

Community Voices for Public Schools and their petitionHouston Public Radio, 29 Houston schools will look different next school year — cameras in classrooms, no librarians, higher pay for teachersTexas Observer, Teachers Strong-Armed to Get on Board with Houston Schools TakeoverNY Times, Texas Revamps Houston Schools, Closing Libraries and Angering ParentsWashington Post, State takeovers of ‘failing' schools are increasing. Do they help students?Washington Post, The Real story behind the state takeoverIn These Times, Why is the state taking over HISD?  

NYC schools with enrollment shortfalls face cuts; more budget losses loomMayor Adams Announces Tentative Contract Agreement With Council of School Supervisors and AdministratorsFamilies of students with disabilities file federal complaint over busing discrimination