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Talk Out of SchoolTrump's aggressive detention & attempt to deport NYC high school studentParent Coalition for Student Privacy, Parent, advocate letter opposing weakening of Chancellor's regulation A-820 https://studentprivacymatters.org/parent-leaders-elected-officials-advocates-members-of-chancellors-data-privacy-working-group-urge-chancellor-ramos-to-postpone-vote-on-student-privacy-regulation-and-allow-parents-the-rig/WJFF Radio, New York’s Native American Mascot Ban Under Federal Probe, As Activists and Academics Highlight Harm https://wjffradio.org/new-yorks-native-american-mascot-ban-under-federal-probe-as-activists-and-academics-highlight-harmAP, NY school refuses to give up Native American mascot — and gets Trump’s support https://www.syracuse.com/state/2025/04/ny-school-refuses-to-give-up-native-american-mascot-and-gets-trumps-support.htmlNYSED, Background and Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Part 123 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to Prohibiting the Use of Indigenous Names, Mascots, and Logos by Public Schools https://www.ny...2025-06-031h 00
Talk Out of SchoolThe best and worst in education during 2024, and our hopes for 2025Class 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/
2025-01-081h 00
Talk Out of SchoolWhat we should fear most from Trump's education policiesNYC 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...2024-12-1700 min
Talk Out of SchoolConcerns with testing: SHSAT, Regents exams, digital SAT, & more with Akil BelloCNN, 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 Bell...2024-11-2551 min
Talk Out of SchoolThe potential impact of Project 2025 and the Presidential elections on our schoolsParent 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); Cl...2024-11-051h 00
Talk Out of SchoolSuccessful campaign to restore education budgets & concerns with special education preK seat shortagesClass 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.n...2024-08-1259 min
Talk Out of SchoolDonald Trump vs Kamala Harris on education & the radical agenda of Project 2025Daily 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...2024-07-301h 00
Talk Out of SchoolNYC new math curriculum & the Common Core standardsList 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=thwawgnhevfaoywnencr...2024-07-081h 00
Talk Out of SchoolParents & advocates launch legal challenge to DOE plan to place students in online classes without parent consentNew 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...2024-06-1752 min
Talk Out of SchoolHistory of the new class size law & the Class Size Working GroupChalkbeat, COVID guidance for NYC schools https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2023/9/12/23870420/nyc-schools-covid-guidance-2023-2024-testing-vaccinesUNESCO report, An Ed Tech Tragedy? https://www.unesco.org/en/digital-education/ed-tech-tragedyNY Times article about the UNESCO report https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/technology/unesco-report-remote-learning-inequity.htmlClass 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-riskClass 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-techFAQ on the new state class size law https://classsizematters...2023-09-2557 min
Talk Out of SchoolSchool lockdown drills: effective safety measure or unnecessary trauma?DOE info and updates on school bus strike: https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/transportation/transportation-overviewClass Size Matters: Comments 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 revised draft plan: advocates https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-nyc-class-sizes-could-grow-revised-draft-plan-20230827-bk7aqeplhfe47kiyskhbg4mv5q-story.htmlMike Bloomberg 2001 campaign flyer promising to lower class size, https://classsizematters.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bloomberg-campaign-flyer-2001.pdfChalkbeat: As asylum seekers continue arriving...2023-09-041h 00
Talk Out of SchoolThe nationwide assault on public schools through privatizationVideos of NYC rally on Feb. 3, 2023: elected officials and parent leaders explaining why they oppose raising the cap on charter schools. https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2023/02/legislators-and-parents-speak-out.html Send a message to NY Governor and state legislators urging them not to raise the charter cap but require more accountability and transparency for the charter sector. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/dont-raise-the-cap-on-charters-instead-dont-make-nyc-pay-their-rent-require-more-accountability?clear_id=true&source=direct_linkClass Size Matters NY state budget testimony, showing how Mayor Adams is planning to cut school budgets again next year despite an increase of $568 million in state Foundation Aid. https://classsiz...2023-02-131h 00
Talk Out of SchoolA Conversation with Susan Edelman - Veteran NYC News ReporterSue's archive of articles at the New York Post: https://nypost.com/author/susan-edelman/The FOIL lawsuit memo: https://www.classsizematters.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/NYP-lawsuit-FOIL-memo-of-law.pdfSome of the more recent stories we covered in the broadcast:- NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks, Eric Adams put each other’s girlfriends in top posts- Chancellor David Banks pumps up DOE bureaucracy amid budget cuts to schools- NYC principal and cronies secretly demand steep rent from Dominican teachers
2022-12-0353 min
Talk Out of SchoolInterview with Michael Mulgrew, President of the UFTLeonie Haimson, Troubling Series of Uncertainties Mars Reopening of New York City Schools, Gotham Gazettehttps://www.gothamgazette.com/opinion/11568-uncertainties-reopening-new-york-city-schools-covid-fundingParents and advocates thank Gov. Hochul and cheer the signing of the class size billhttps://classsizematters.org/parents-and-advocates-thank-gov-hochul-and-cheer-the-signing-of-the-class-size-bill/Lawmakers hails governor’s signing of bill to reduce class sizes in New York City public schoolshttps://qns.com/2022/09/governor-signs-bill-to-reduce-class-sizes/
2022-09-111h 00
Talk Out of SchoolA Conversation with Dyslexia Activists, Dr. Akeela Azcuy and Naomi PeñaClass Size Matters - http://classsizematters.orgLiteracy Academy Collective - https://www.literacyacademycollective.org/
2022-06-0458 min
Talk Out of SchoolA Conversation with Dr. Dale Farran on the impact of Pre-K programsNYC Public School Parents, Why is NYC refusing to report vax rates in schools as required by law, & doing little to increase those numbers?https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2022/02/why-is-nyc-refusing-to-report-vax-rates.htmlChalkbeat, As NY mulls end to school mask mandate, how many students are vaccinated?https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2022/2/16/22938022/nyc-student-vaccination-rates-mask-mandateNYC Public School Parents, DOE absurdly claims that their refusal to report on vaccination rates is due to privacy concernshttps://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2022/02/doe-absurdly-claims-that-their-refusal.htmlNY Post, Eric Adams expected to tap charter school backer for citywide education panel...2022-02-2056 min
Talk Out of SchoolClass Size Lawsuit & Education Equity and FundingFollow these links to learn more - Education Law Center: https://edlawcenter.org/Class Size Lawsuit:https://www.classsizematters.org/we-filed-an-appeal-in-our-class-size-lawsuit-to-require-nyc-department-of-education-to-lower-class-size-in-all-grades/Senator John Liu: https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/john-c-liu
2019-09-1857 min