A key education advocacy group is asking the state to force New York City public schools into revising this year’s class size plan. In a 23-page letter to the New York State Education Department, ...

New York City public schools are moving one step closer to meeting a state mandate to have smaller class sizes. Mayor Eric Adams joined Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos earlier this week in ...

Class size matters, but state administrators and lawmakers have paid little attention to the issue, writes Kalman Hettleman. (Stock.adobe.com photo by smolaw11) Here’s an oddity. For all that has been ...

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Local public schools are being asked to come up with their own plans to help New York City meet new caps on class sizes in exchange for extra funding next school year, Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos ...

FYI: The one fight Mayor Bloomberg won in this month’s election was keeping off the ballot a question about creating a charter commission to study ways to mandate smaller classes in public schools.

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BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – LONGTIME IN-DEMAND SCHOOL P.S. 8 wants to reduce kindergarten enrollment next year by limiting admission to in-zone children, Chalkbeat reports. The school says it’s a necessary ...