Advocates for Children of New York works on behalf of children who are at greatest risk for school-based discrimination and/or academic failure due to poverty, disability, race, ethnicity, immigrant or English Language Learner status, sexual orientation, gender identity, homelessness, or involvement in the foster care or juvenile justice systems.
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Spotlight
AFC Releases Organizational Policy Agenda
03.11.2014 | We’re excited to announce the release of Advocates for Children’s first organizational Policy Agenda! Based on our on-the-ground experience helping thousands of families each year navigate the New York City public school system, we identify systemic problems and advocate for policy change to improve educational programs, opportunities... Read more
Statement on School Co-locations
03.10.2014 | In the heated battles over co-locations, there are rarely perfect solutions. Displacing some students to make room for others creates a winners-vs-losers scenario that can be disruptive to any educational community. Students with disabilities, unfortunately, have often found themselves on the losing side of co-location proposals for... Read more
AFC & EdLaw Panel on the School-to-Prison Pipeline
03.04.2014 | On March 12, AFC's Junior Board and NYU Law School's Education Law and Policy Society will hold a panel on deconstructing the school-to-prison pipeline to keep kids in NYC schools. The panel will be moderated by AFC Skadden Fellow Nick Sheehan. RSVP.Click to view larger. Read more
AFC Testifies on New York City's Plan for Universal Pre-K
02.11.2014 | Today AFC will be testifying before the New York City Council Committee on Education and Committee on Women’s Issues in support of New York City’s plan to create a new funding stream to pay for a rapid expansion of Universal Pre-K. If we are serious about improving our schools, we must give every four-year-old child the opportunity to... Read more
AFC in the News
Special ed reform backfires for some kids
03.06.2014 | Insideschools | Maggie Moroff, a lawyer for Advocates for Children who represents Caleb, says many schools no longer offer self-contained classes, either because they lack the resources or because they are confused about what the reform actually requires. “I think the case illustrates how complicated things can get under the special... Read more
Giving Children a Chance
02.10.2014 | Jumpstart | I later met with Advocates for Children of New York, an education advocacy organization that had focused traditionally on K-12 education. We were concerned that there was no attorney in New York City focused on early childhood education, and we decided it was time to fill that gap. For the past five-and-a-half years, the... Read more
Albany's Empty Promises on Pre-K Show Need for de Blasio Tax, Advocates Say
02.03.2014 | DNA Info | "The issue with universal pre-kindergarten is that everyone thought it was a good idea for a long time but there was never the money," said Kim Sweet, executive director of Advocates for Children, which works to protect children from discrimination. "It's been frustrating over the years to know the need for UPK and to not... Read more
City arts leaders push de Blasio on instruction promise
01.13.2014 | Capital New York | More than 90 influential arts and culture groups are pushing Mayor Bill de Blasio to stick to his promise of providing arts education to every public school child in the city. Some of the city's most powerful arts and education advocacy figures signed the statement, including Kim Sweet, the executive director of... Read more