EPP MONITOR / NEWSPAPER

Most Recent Issue: Summer/Fall 2005 (v9 #1 & #2)

Now in ADOBE ACROBAT format Summer/Fall 2005 (v9 #1 & #2)

• The NEW State Aid Formulas- Change But No Change (page 1)
• More Money For Schools Under Mayoral Control? (page 3)
• The City Budget (page 4)
• Six Reasons Schools Are Overcrowded (page 5)
• Keeping Track Of Changes (page 6)
• Class Size Reduction Questions (page 10)
• Meeting The Decision Makers (page 11)
• CFE Remedy Scenarios (page 12)

Spring/Summer 2004 (v8 #1 & #2)

In ADOBE ACROBAT format Spring/Summer 2004 (v8 #1 & #2)

• Countdown for Justice
• Five Quick and Inexpensive Ways to End Ovecrowding
• Third Grade Retention-- Deja Vu All Over Again
• High-Need African-American and Latino Students Doing Better in Suburban Districts
• An Emerging Consensus on Facts, not Policy
• The "Crisis" in Special Education Has Many Components
• The Mayor's Executive Budget Recommendations for the Public Schools
• The First Six Months of Children First Initiative

Index of Past Issues:

Spring/Summer 2003 (v7 #1 & #2)

Now in ADOBE ACROBAT format Spring/Summer 2003 (v7 #1& #2)

• CFE Appeals Court Decision: Settling Questions, Raising Others
• Children First Initiative
• Why Are NYC Schools Still Overcrowded?
• New Seats Not Much Help
• FY 04 City Budget for Education
• EPP Members Visit Middle Schools
• Class Size Reduction - Risk and Opportunity

Spring /Summer 2002 (v6#1)

Now in ADOBE ACROBAT format Spring /Summer 2002 (v6#1)

• Small Class Sizes Survive for One More Year
• A Tale of Two Budgets
• EPP Releases New Report on School Facilities, including chart "Relocation - one solution to overcrowding"
• Decision Pending in CFE Appeal
  

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Fall 2001 (v5#2)

• The Act of Rebuilding, Will it Include Children?
• EPP's Fall 2001 Special Coalition Summit: What are the Impact of the Budget Cuts on NYC Public Schools?
• CFE Rally for Better Schools
  

Summer 2001 (v5#1)

• State Education Budget Impasse: What's New? What's Not?
• City Council Fails to Shield NYC From Mayor's Biggest Blows to Education:
  2002 Adopted Budget Jeopardizes NYC Schools and Threatens Future State Funding
• Pataki Stalls CFE Victory
• CSR Update: Is the Federally Funded Floating Teacher Program Benefiting NYC Students
• Letter to the Editor: Dear EPP
• EPP Launches Web Site

• Ghastly Graduation Rates in NYC
• Judge Gives Green Light to Second Historic Lawsuit
• Education Spending a Top Priority
• NYC's Use of Floating Teachers Could Determine Success or Failure of Class Size Reduction Initiative
• Fact Sheet on Early Grade Class Size Reductions
• Learnfare Falls Short

Summer 2000 (v4#2)

• Money Doesn’t Matter: State’s Shameful Defense: Money Doesn’t Matter
• Class Size Summit Draws Influential Leaders
• Outcome of New York State Budget Negotiations
• Outcome of City Council Budget Negotiations
• The First Year of Class Size Reduction in NYC Schools

Winter 2000 (v4#1)

• Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Children Lose In Three-Card Monte Game Of State Aid
• Class Size Reduction Has Finally Come to NYC!
• Gov’s "School 2000" Falls Far Short
• Ambitious Plans To Reform State Funding Of Schools Emerge In Albany
• The Pluses and Minuses In The Different Plans
• Fight For Fair School Funding Moves To Court

Spr/Sum 1999 (v3#3)

• Learnfare: Coming To A School Near You
• Post-5 Start-Up
• Smaller Classes For NYC In Doubt
• Survey Shows City Schools Are "Running On Empty"
• Voucher Threat Still Lingers

Winter 1999 (v3#2)

• School Facilities: Classroom Crisis
• Governor’s Budget Threatens Small Classes
• Education Higher Standards: The Need For More Time and Money
• Standards Delivery
• Community Mobilization: Moving Parents To The Front Lines On School Funding Reform

Summer 1998 (v3#1)

• Class Size Matters
  
• Benefits of Class Size Reduction
  
• 1998-99 State Budget
  
• FY '99 City Budget
  
• CFE Launches Statewide Dialogue
  
• School Vouchers