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THE MISSION OF THE EDUCATIONAL PRIORITIES PANEL
The goal of the Educational Priorities Panel is to improve the quality of public education for New York City's children so that there is no longer a performance gap between city schools and those in the rest of the state. EPP pursues this goal by seeking reforms of federal, state, and city budget and administrative practices affecting children.

Major Reports

Capital Promises: Why NYC Children Don't Have the School Buildings They Need (2007) pdf

Castles in the Sand: Why School Overcrowding Remains a Problem in NYC (2002) pdf

Smaller is Better: First Hand Reports of Early Grade Class Size Reduction in NYC (2001) pdf

Checkerboard Schooling: How State Aid Affects High Minority School Districts in NYS (1999) html (best for viewing charts) Click here for pdf

Beating the Odds: High-Achieving Elementary Schools in High-Poverty Neighborhoods (1999) pdf

Getting off the List: School Improvement in NYC (1996) pdf

Options in School Finance Reform in NYS (1995) pdf

Swimming Upstream: The First-Year Experiences of Teachers in NYC Public Schools (1995) pdf

A Guide to Work Rules in the NYC Public Schools (1993) pdf

Order form for video on Middle Schools and Fair Funding: Listen to the Children

EPP ceased operating as of November 2007. EPP reports, including older reports, are available through the U.S. Department of Education's data bank on education research, ERIC at eric.ed.gov by entering "Educational Priorities Panel" in the search field.

State Budget Analysis

Last budget analysis done August 2007. EPP has ceased operating as of November 2007.

EPP Comments NYC Contract for Excellence (use of CFE funds) from long-range perspective
EPP Detailed Comments NYC Contract for Excellence (use of CFE funds)
EPP Testimony on NYC proposed Contract for Excellence (use of CFE funds)

EPP Summary 07-08 State Budget: CFE victory?
EPP Letter to the Governor on Executive Budget
EPP Comments on Governor's Executive Budget
Governor Spitzer Exec Budget for FY 08
EPP Comments Court of Appeals CFE Decision
November 2006 Court of Appeals CFE Decision
Testimony on Mid-Course Corrections for DoE
Letter to NYS Ed. Dept. on Sp. Ed. Data
Explanation of the SY 07 Capital Funding
Explanation of EXCEL Program
Quick Review of FY 2006-2007 State Budget

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Summary Review of 2005-2009 Five-Year Capital Plan

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Monitoring Report on School Building Utilization

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Monitoring Reports
Adding up the Numbers: The Education Budget under Mayoral Control (2004-07) pdf (update of 2005-06 Bulletins)
School Building Utilization (2004) html
Checkerboard Schooling III: Suburban Districts Educating African-American and Latino Students (2004) pdf (Report to the Black, Puerto Rican, and Hispanic Caucus)
Checkerboard Schooling II: An Analysis of Tax Effort, Equalization, and Extraordinary Needs Aid (2002) pdf
The Regressive Effect of STAR (2001) pdf
Getting It Right: An Assessment of Several Methods for Calculating Regional School Costs across New York (2001) html
Building Aid Shortchanges the Big Cities (2001) pdf
The Use of "Floating" Teachers to Reduce Class Size Monitoring Report (2001) pdf
Social Promotion: What Has Been Tried? What Can We Learn? (2000) html

City Budget Analysis

Last budget analysis done July 2007. EPP has ceased operating as of November 2007.
Summary of NYC Dept. of Ed. Budget for 2007-08 School Year
Change in How Schools are Funded: Consequences of Per-Pupil Funding
Changing School Funding Is Not a Good Idea
EPP Comments on New Funding System
P df of Children1st Report
Pdf of More Info on Funding System
Pdf of Frozen Assets
Mayor's Press Release

Letter to NYC DOE on Class Size
Year-to-Year Allocations DoE Adopted Budget

EPP Monitor Newsletters

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Filmed by Sundance Film Festival award winner Debra Granick
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Thank you to all who have contributed to EPP. Without your financial support, EPP could not continue to provide accurate, up-to-date school budget information and conduct in-depth studies which result in reports on important issues facing the NYC public schools.

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