City Council Education Committee Chair Robert Jackson will join education advocates and elected officials on SUNDAY, JULY 8, to call for changes to the Department of Education's Contracts for Excellence. Specific issues include the absence of a five-year plan for class size reduction, and inadequate reductions proposed for year one, in breach of State regulation.
Council Member Jackson will also be encouraging parents, teachers, and community members to attend public hearings being held by DOE next week in each borough, in order to express their concerns about the Contracts for Excellence.
WHO: Education Chair Robert Jackson, Class Size Matters, Educational Priorities Panel (EPP), Parent to Parent, Alliance for Quality Education (AQE), and other education advocates and elected officials
WHERE: City Hall Steps
WHEN: Sunday, July 8, 2007
TIME: 11:30 am
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