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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

Sean Enfield's websitePre-order his new book: Holy American Burnout!NEA: Getting Serious About Teacher BurnoutNational Help Line

Articles on confusions and miscommunication during the October 19 rainstorm and flooding of NYC schools:  Chalkbeat, Gothamist, NY PostUNESCO report by Mark West, Ed tech tragedy? Educational Technologies and School Closures in the time of COVID-19NY Times article on the report