campaign for fiscal equity

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 the ways DOE is putting student privacy at risk https://classsizematters.org/the-many-ways-in-which-doe-is-putting-student-privacy-at-risk

Class Size Matters testimony on dangers of DOE plans to expand online learning and ed techhttps://classsizematters.org/testimony-on-the-dangers-of-doe-plans-to-expand-online-learning-and-ed-tech

FAQ on the new state class size law https://classsizematters.org/faq-on-the-states-new-class-size-law

Class Size Working Group (CSWG) public engagement sessions to present their proposals for feedback:

Tuesday, September 26th – 5- 7:30pm online (Manhattan/Brooklyn);
Wednesday, September 27th – 5- 7:30pm online (Queens/Bronx/Staten Island)
Monday, October 2nd –  5- 7:30pm in person at MLK Campus Auditorium, 122 Amsterdam Ave, Manhattan  (Citywide) .
Register for these sessions here: https://learndoe.org/class_size/

More information on the CSWG and their proposals here: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/financial/contracts-for-excellence

Resources:

• Daily News - More state foundation aid funding for the next three years
• Daily News - Parental consent required for state tests in NYC schools this year
• Gotham Gazette - NYC Dept. of Education overspending on charter school rent and underspending on matching funds to public schools
• President Biden’s proposal on increasing federal aid to schools
• Class Size Matters/NYC Kids PAC on how additional federal/state funds should be spent
• Class Size Matters' petition

Resources: 

• New Class Size Matters report on overspending on charter facilities and underspending on public school matching funds
• Daily News article; and WCBS TV segment on the lack of matching funds.
• AQE: Send a letter to Gov. Cuomo and state leaders on protecting students in the state budget by taxing the ultra-wealthy
• More on Outward Bound NYC public schools, including MS 839.
• Gothamist article on different proposals that have been made for the use of the federal funds, including reducing class size.