Class Size Matters

04/15/2026

NYers: Please join us tomorrow at 4 PM at City Hall Park , where our coalition will deliver our petition w/more than 2000 signers & a national letter calling for an AI moratorium to the Mayor's office. More info & RSVP here: https://act.climatefamilies.org/rally-for-an-ai-moratorium-in-nyc-schools. Entrance at Broadway and Park Place.

04/03/2026

Naviance is widely used in schools throughout the country for college application and advising purposes, including in many NYC high schools. Any student who logged into this platform at least once at school or at home between August 18, 2021 through January 23, 2026 is eligible for payment through a recent court settlement. More info here:

April 2, 2026 It was recently announced that as part of a class action court settlement, the ed tech company PowerSchool and the Chicago P...

02/21/2026

Please sign our petition to the Mayor & Chancellor asking for a moratorium on AI use in schools until rigorous guardrails are established to prevent documented risks to student cognitive skills, critical thinking, creativity, privacy, mental health & the environment. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/please-enact-a-two-year-moratorium-on-the-use-of-ai-in-nyc-public-schools?clear_id=true

12/29/2025

2025: A watershed year for Class Size Matters. Will you support our work to ensure more progress in 2026?

Dear all: This has been a watershed year for class size in NYC public schools. Nearly 750 schools lowered class size this fall to far ...

12/22/2025

Please sign our petition, urging Mayor-elect Zohran Kwame Mamdani to enact a moratorium on the use of AI iin NYC schools! https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/please-enact-a-two-year-moratorium-on-the-use-of-ai-in-nyc-public-schools?clear_id=true

12/01/2025

Come join us this Saturday to discuss AI in schools. More info and RSVP here: https://act.climatefamilies.org/ai-in-schools-forum

10/13/2025

Join us for a special privacy briefing on Wed. Oct 22 at 6 PM via Zoom on how you can opt out of DOE & school data sharing and better protect your child's privacy. Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/NBut3kh1TDuYWinN75pm_A #/registration

More info at https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2025/10/how-nyc-parents-can-opt-out-of-data.html

09/16/2025

ATT: NYC parents, teachers & other school staff! About 740 NYC schools got funding to lower class size this year. Please fill out our brief survey asking if your kids' classes are smaller this fall, and if so, what changes if any you've seen as a result. If your classes are NOT smaller, we want to hear from you as well. And please forward this survey link to other teachers, parents, etc.

This survey is for NYC parents, teachers, and other school staff to let us know about their children's class sizes this fall. About 741 schools have received funds to hire additional teachers for smaller classes this year, and an unknown number applied. If you are both a parent and teacher of a NYC....

06/24/2025

Please send a letter to your Senators today, urging them not to cut funds from states and districts that try to regulate the use of privacy-invasive AI in the classroom and beyond. Such a provision is currently in the budget bill under consideration, even though 70% of voters oppose it. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/remove-the-ban-on-states-regulating-ai-from-the-budget-bill?clear_id=true

06/23/2025