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The Class Size Law Rally and City Council Hearing
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The Class Size Law Rally and City Council Hearing

EPISODE SUMMARY

Daniel shared news and analysis about the recent class size rally and the city council hearing that occurred on February 29th, which called for accountability by the city for its implementation of the new class size law.

Hear the rally voices of parents, advocates, public officials and other stakeholders who have concerns about the City not doing everything possible to hit the yearly targets needed to fully comply with the new class size limits.

In the first segment, he shared the voices at the rally led by Rita Joseph, City Council member and head of the Education Committee; and also, Executive Director of Class Size Matters, Leonie Haimson, the United Federation of Teachers and others.

In the second segment, listen to analysis of misleading statements shared by the Mayor’s office and the DOE regarding its proposal to comply with the new law. Also, he also shared three oral testimonies.


EPISODE NOTES

Class Size Matters - The rally for smaller classes followed by three misleading claims from the DOE & SCA at the class size hearings

Daily News - NYC Council demands progress report on class size reduction

The City Council hearing  - http://tinyurl.com/classsizehearing

The rally before the hearing video

Leonie's written testimony

Educational Council Consortium testimony

Testimony of Michael Sill, Assistant Secretary of the United Federation of Teachers



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Talk Out of School
A weekly podcast and radio show on WBAI 99.5 FM NYC, hosted by Leonie Haimson of Class Size Matters, and Daniel Alicea of Educators of NYC. We speak about the issues and controversies affecting public schools and public education in New York City, statewide and nationally.