Another betrayal
It’s hard to understand the DOE’s most recent example of breaking faith with the public. Despite receiving almost $153 million in state funding specifically targeted for reducing class size, the DOE has actually allowed class sizes to go up in one-third of the schools that received targeted funds to reduce class size. Read More...
Mayor lets down schoolchildren
We have been fighting Mayor Bloomberg all of 2008 for what he could have done for the city’s schoolchildren — but has not. That is to fulfill the promise made last year as part of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit settlement to increase funding for the schools. Read More...
The rest of the promise
The governor and the state Legislature came through big time early this month when they restored the promised funding for education — even in the midst of economic uncertainty — that had been agreed to in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit. Read More...
