Success Stories About Us Mission Statement Staff Board of Directors Junior Board 04-05 Annual Report Job and Volunteer Opportunities Funders Pro Bono AFC's Pro Bono Partners Pro Bono Opportunities for Attorneys Donate Contact Us Privacy Policy Our Work Overview AFC Services Projects Litigation D.S. v NYC DOE J.G. v Mills L.V. v DOE E.B. v DOE Push-Out Trilogy Jose P. v Mills LIH v BOE Ray M. v NYC BOE BOE v NYC BOE Resources for Parents Parent Guides AFC Services Dept. of Ed. Contacts Referral List Links Contact Us Resources for Professionals Policy Reports Litigation Dept. of Ed. Contacts Contact Us Publications Parent Guides Policy Reports Brochures Newsletters Press Room AFC in the News Request an Interview Press Releases Contact Us Ways To Help DONATE DIRECTLY DONATE BY SEARCHING OR SHOPPING DONATE IN HONOR OF _________________________

AFC in the News August '08 August 13. NY Daily News. Grades are in & Brooklyn Tech is down August 13. NY Daily News. At-risk Jamaica High School rebounds July '08 July 15. NY Daily News. Left-Back Kids Clog Middle Schools? July 10. Queens Chronicle. Popular Principal Retires At Bayside High School June '08 June 30. New York Daily News. Department of Education Phases Out Five Low-Performing Schools June 30. New York Sun. High Test Scores, and Criticism, Follow a South Bronx Principal June 26. Bloomberg. Rejected Wall Street Kids Enrich City Public Schools June 24. New York Law Journal. Settlement Offers Vouchers For Children Denied Services June 23. City Limits Weekly. Small Size, Big Sound: Music Booms In The Bronx June 19. New York Daily News. Denise Melendez making a difference at Franklin K. Lane High School June 18. New York Times. Money for Needy Goes to Wealthy Schools, Report Says June 11. Education Week. Schooling Issue a Complication for Foster Care June 10. NY Sun. School Closures Urged Amid Heat Wave June 10. NY Daily News. Parents going postal over middle-school letter mix-ups June 4. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Pre-K Snafu Leads Brooklyn Parents to Protest at Tweed May '08 May 25. NY Post. School Reports Mom as "Abuser" May 12. NY Post. It's Better Never Than Late at HS April '08 April 30. NY Daily News. 7,722 students who didn't get in where they wanted learn where they're going April 25. Bronx Beat. Charter High School to Open in Fall April 21. NY Daily News. Queens boy still out of school April 19. Bronx Beat. A Bronx tale makes Tribeca Film Festival March '08 March 28. NY Daily News. School teachers, therapists uninformed of learning disabilities: teachers union March 25. ABC Channel 7 News. Teacher Accused of Mistreating Student March 25. New York Daily News. Walton High School plans closing gala March 18. New York City News Service. School Budget Cuts Slice Deep March 10. The New York Times. Ask About the Rights of Students and Parents March 7. Columbia Spectator. Parents Examine Schools in Light of DOE Plan to Hold Back Students February '08 February 26. NY Daily News. Students, Parents Rally Around Principal February 24. New York Times. Citywide Scissors, Bloodletting in the Neighborhood February 22. NY Daily News. City students illegally pushed out of school because of age, survey shows February 21. Queens Chronicle. Technology High School Set To Open In Ozone Park February 15. TimeOut New York Kids. Head of the Class February 11. Gotham Gazette. The Crackdown on New York City Students February 11. Metro. Voices: Budget cuts mean unequal schooling February 8. Fox Business. Statement on Impact of School Budget Cuts on Art Instruction in City Schools February 1. The Village Voice. New DOE School Choice Rules Increase Parental Anxiety January '08 January 22. Gotham Gazette. State of the City January 14. Crain's New York Business. New York Anxiety Attack January 18. New York Daily News. In Address Mayor Bloomberg Ramps Up Pressure on Middle School Students January 18. New York Daily News. Slim Pickings Over Queens Schools January 15. The Village Voice. Finding a High School for an Immigrant Child is Tougher Than You Think December '07 December 13. Queens Chronicle. At Closing Site, DOE Thinks Small December 12. New York Daily News. Special Ed School Busing Slashed December 12. New York Times. In Special Education Cases, City is Fighting Harder Before Paying for Private Schools December 5. WNYC New York Public Radio. Special Ed Enrollment Rising in Some Small High Schools November '07 November 30. Time Out New York Kids. School Admissions: Getting In November 20. Education Week. More Power to Schools November 18. Staten Island Real-Time News. Good Schools Hurt by City Report Card November 15. Queens Tribune. School to Shul:Crowding Leads To Novel Solutions November 14. The Village Voice. Bridge-and-Tunnel Kids November 9-15. Downtown Express. Changes confuse, frustrate parents and principals November 4. New York Times. New York Schools Brace to be Scored , A to F October '07 October 31. Brian Lehrer Show. Talent-Rich and Resource-Poor October 31. Gotham Gazette. A Gift for Testing October 27. New York Times. Disabilities Fight Grows as Taxes Pay for Tuition October 23. New York Times. For Love and a Little Money October 21. NY Daily News. Tips on How to Get City to Pay for School for Special-Ed Kids October 18. Queens Chronicle. Overcrowding Relief Coming Soon October 10. NYC Nightly News with Brian Williams. Kim Madden appears in a clip about the Supreme Court Ruling in the Tom F. case. October 10. Channel 4 News. Kim Sweet was interviewed by Carol Ann Riddell on the Tom F. case which aired at 7pm. October 10. WNYC Radio. Kim Sweet participated in The Brian Lehrer Show. She discusses why and how lower income parents can gain access to a high quality education for their learning disabled children. October 7. Crain's NY. Textbook Lesson in Gentrification October 2. WBAI Radio. Kim Sweet participated in a live interview on "Talk Back" discussing AFC's transition services report and other special education issues. September '07 September. Gotham Gazette. Education Reports:Preparing Special Education Students September 24. Gotham Gazette. Next Round in the Cell Phone Fight September 24. NY Sun. Revisiting School Reform September 10. City Limits. Black and White and Forgotten All Over? September 5. The Villager. With new funds, small is beautiful, schools agree September 5. Teachers College, Columbia University. Zankel Fellowships Boost Urban Service at TC September 4. Gothamist. Back to School Time August '07 August 31. Downtown Express. Chinese dual-language school translates into success August 31. New York Daily News. No replacement yet for education policy panel August 30. New York Post. Head of the Class: Where to find family-friendly pads in the city's best school districts August 28. New York Daily News. Future's now for 15 schools: Smaller is better, city's betting August 28. New York Daily News. Klein defends paying kids for good grades August 21. New York Times. More Students Finish School, Given the Time August 13. Gotham Gazette. Bringing Diversity to New York Elite High Schools July '07 July 31. Education Week. Small Schools in NYC Pressed on Spec. Ed July 24. WNBC NYC Comptroller, Dept. Of Ed. Clash July 23. Gothamist. Less K-I-S-S-I-N-G at City Schools. June '07 June 29. The New York Sun. Color-Blind Schools Set by Court. May '07 May 20. Daily News. City Struggles vs. Autism Epidemic. April '07 April 26. TimeOut New York. Urban renewal April 10. The Village Voice. Small Order April 9. City Limits Weekly. Students on Camera: Schools Under Watch April 7. New York Daily News. Kids Cuffed for Writing on Desks March '07 March 26. New York Daily News. New School Plan Draws Parent Ire March 24. The Wichita Eagle. KC Considers Specialized High Schools March 21. New York Times. Fighting Over When Public Should Pay Private Tuition for Disabled. March 17. New York TImes. InsidesSchools.org in the New York Times Real Estate section. January '07 January 7. New York Daily News. Put Down the Pitchforks and Hear Badillo Out. January 3. The New York Times. Giving Minority Students a Push Along the Path to Leadership Roles. December '06 December 27. New York Sun. City Schools try to Replicate a Successful Formula. December 24. New York Daily News. Small Schools, Big Need. December 13. Education Week. English-Language Learners. December 8. New York Post. De-Grading HS Policy may be Illegal. December 7. Queens Chronicle. Buyer’s Market Offers More Time, Better Price. December 4. Gotham Gazette. Small Schools Exclude Many Immigrants. November '06 November 30. Queens Chronicle. Report Finds Immigrants Shut Out of Small Schools. November 29. Newsday. Report: English learners find it hard to get into NYC schools. November 29. The New York Times. Report Says Immigrant Students Lose In Choice of Schools. November 29. WNYC New York Public Radio. Immigrants Not Benefiting from Small High Schools. November 29. New York Post. Kids Hit Language Barrier. November 29. New York Daily News. Schools Hit on Immig Bar. November 28. New York One. Parents Say Bilingual High School Students Being Left Out. November 28. WNYC New York Public Radio. ESL Students Shut Out of Small Schools. November 28. WABC. Study: Some Left Out in Small School Initiative. November 17. New York Daily News. Schools too Good, Mike says. November 16. New York Daily News. Principal, Teachers in School Turmoil. November 15. The Sydney Morning Herald. Weak schools caned where winning counts. November 13. Gotham Gazette. New Help For the Working Poor? November 12. New York Daily News. Kids Gone AWOL: City Swamped Chasing a Flood of Absentees. November 6. The Lawyer.com. DLA Piper joins PwC to aid disadvantaged school kids in New York. October '06 October 22. The New York Times. Study Takes a Sharp Look at the City’s Failing Students. October 21. Brooklyn Papers. The calm in the storm:Tech principal has big plans for battered school. October 16. New York Post. School Gruel in Gross Cafeterias. October 10. Yahoo!Finance. DLA Piper Launches Unprecedented Pro Bono Project to Improve Educational Outcomes of Low-Income Children in New York City. October. Gotham Gazette. Special Ed: Needs Improvement. October 8. New York Daily News. The principal who walks the walk. October 6. New York Lawyer. NY Lawyers Working on Public Interest Projects. October 6. Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill Corrier. Is the DOE Acting As a Barrier to Students’ Success? Some Parents Say Yes. October 5. Queens Ledger. Advocates: Money Not Translating to Better Service. October 2. Newsday. Girl power in education. September '06 September 29. New York Public Radio. Translation Tough to Find in City Schools. September 29. The New York Sun. Schools Charged With Failing To Push Translation Program. September 28. New York Daily News. Keeping Class A Secret. September 26. New York Daily News. Gifted Programs Push. September 26. Gotham Gazette. Is Homework Necessary? Also, A Truce Over Teaching Math. September 26. The New York Sun. All Gifted and Talented Programs to Use Same Application Tests. September 14. Kings Courier. BIG SCREECHERS: Meet Joseph Montebello, Our Man of the Year. September 14. WNYC New York Public Radio. Advocates Say City Undercounts Homeless Kids. September 14. Queens Chronicle. Ground To Be Broken For Woodhaven School. September 10. The New York Times. Gisela Alvarez and Ian Lester. September 5. The New York Times. Back to School in a System Being Remade. September 3. The Boston Globe. Small-schools movement hits some bumps. September. New York Law Journal Magazine. Do Pro Bono Work? Are You Crazy? August '06 August 31. Queens Chronicle. City Pitching New Richmond Hill School. August 31. New York Daily News. Klein: We gotta keep the rejects. August 30. The Washington Post. Backlash Builds Against Small Schools. August 24. New York Daily News. Principals' new power launches. August 20. Kgw.com. Once-popular, quiet backlash builds against small schools. August. The Gotham Gazette. The Padlocked Playground. August 11. The New York Sun. City's Night School Program Getting Permanent Snooze. August 6. New York Daily News. Cutback on Counselors. August 2. The New York Sun. Report Ranking Public School Students Above Private School Students Said ‘Flawed.' July '06 July 31. The New York Times. Can't We Let Children Be Children? July 29. Concord Monitor. Kindergarten that only Charles Dickens could love. July 28. The Albuquerque Tribune. Commentary: Marching towards a Dickensian kindergarten. July 27. Gotham Gazette. How Will Power Shift to the Principals? July 26. WBAI.org. Cocktails, Caupcakes, and a Cause! July 26. News Talk Radio WABC-AM. Cocktails, Cupcakes, and a Cause! July 26. The New York Times. In Kindergarten Playtime, A New Meaning for 'Play.' July 24. Gotham Gazette. Taking the Public Pulse. July 14. Yahoo.com. Over 1,000 Attend New york Forum: 'The Pipeline: Winning Strategies for Young Black Men.' June '06 June 30. WNYC. New Small Schools Still Have Few Special Ed Students. June 30. The New York Times. Graduation Rate Improving, Schools Chancellor Says. June 25. New York Daily News. Do Kids Need Summer Vacation? Yes. June. Gotham Gazette. Giving Principals More Control. June 22. The New York Times. School's Waning Days: A Focus on the Focus. June 18. New York Daily News. Schools take 16M hit. June 7. Gotham Gazette. Helping Students in Failing Schools. June 7. Finalcall.com. What can you do with a high school diploma? June 6. WNYC. Teaching While Educating. June 6. The New York Post. Kids Dropping Out of Tutor Classes. June 5. WNYC. Disabling Diplomas: How NYC is Failing Its Special Education Students. June 4. The New York Times. Laurel Grodman and Marc Silverman. May '06 May 15. The New York Sun. Where to Get a Date with an Olsen Twin. May 15. City Limits. Principals with Punch: New Program will Create 'Empowerment Schools'. May 5. Daily News. Lessons in fund-raising. May 4. Daily News. Science Friction. May. New York Magazine. The Influentials: Education. April '06 April 6. Queens Chronicle. Families with Autism Fight for Services. March '06 March 27. Georgetown University. Recent Georgetown Graduate Named Luce Scholar. March 20. Gotham Gazette. Behind the Dropout Rate. March 14. Gotham Gazette. In Defense of Big Schools. March 5. Daily News. Making the Grade: Some New York City elementary schools operate just like private ones. A look at the pluses and minuses. February '06 February 20. Family News in Focus. Free Tutoring Being Kept From Students. February 10. Gotham Gazette. The 37 1/2-Minute Scramble. February 7. Staten Island Advance. Few fans of new school schedule. February 6. WCBSTV. Longer School Day Getting Mixed Reviews: Many Parents Say More Time In A Classroom Can Only Help. February 6. El Diario. Farewell to three women. February 6. CityLimits.org. Remembering Jill Chaifetz. February 5. Charlotte.com. Christopher Lloyd. February 4. Sun-Sentinel.com. Jill Chaifetz, 41, advocate for children. February 3. The New York Times. Jill Chaifetz, Advocate for Students' Rights, Dies at 41. February 3. New York Daily News. Jill Chaifetz dies, activist for pupils. February 3. Betsy Gotbaum Public Advocate for the City of NEw York. Statement from Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum on the Passing of Jill Chaifetz. February 3. SFGate.com. Obituaries in the News. February 3. Guardian Unlimited. Obituaries in the News. February 3. NY1 News. Education Advocate Jill Chaifetz Dead at Age 41. February 2. NY1 News. Education Advocate Jill Chaifetz Dead At Age 41. February 2. New York City Department of Education. Statement by Chancellor Klein on the Passing of Jill Chaifetz. February 2. Newsday. Jill Chaifetz, NEw York children's rights advocate, dies at 41. February 2. The New York Sun. School Plan Said To Shortchange Schools, Pupils Who Do Well. January '06 January 26. Greatschools.net. Working the System: Savvy Strategies for Getting Into the School You've Chosen. January 25. The New York Daily News. Skenazy's World: Agape at 37 ½-minute gap. January 23. KVBC (Las Vegas). January 18. WNYC TV. January 17. Gotham Gazette. Improving School Food. January 5. The New York Sun. Upper East and West Side Schools Hit Up Parents for Hefty Donations. December '05 December 17. New York Times. School Safety Agent Dies after Escorting Student from Holiday Dance. December 7. New York Daily News. Fear Hard Lessons in New Tutor Plan. November '05 November 17. New York Times. Special Education Ruling’s Effects Unclear. November 10. Our Town. More Stuyvesant High Schools? November 6. New York Times. Learning Everything about an Apartment. October '05 October 28. Staten Island Advance. Harassment of Students who are Gay, Lesbian outlined by study. October 28. New York Post. New Lesson on Gay Bias. October 28. New York Newsday. Gay students face hostile environment, report says. October 23. New York Daily News. Brooklyn Tech’s Crass Warfare. October 24. New York Post. Devil’s Advocates. October 21-23. New York Sun. Immigrant Group Claims Victory as Klein Agrees to Lottery System. October 19. New York Times. Keeping Special Ed on the Radar. October 12. New York Times. Brooklyn High School is Accused Anew of Forcing Students Out. October 2005. Swarthmore College Bulletin. This One’s for the Kids. September '05 September 24. New York Times. Progress and Concerns Noted in the Special Education System. September 8. New York Daily News. More schools than ever for 1.1M students. September 4. New York Daily News. Saddest Schools. Fall 2005. BKLYN (magazine). Middle School 101: A Cautionary Primer. August '05 August 31. New York Daily News. Schools Ripped on Obese Kids. August 25. Queens Chronicle. Making Special Education Work for Your Child in Queens. August 25. Queens Chronicle. Public School Additions and New High Schools Open Soon. August 24. New York Times. Candidates Sling Truths and Half Truths. August 23. New York Newsday. City struggles with school transfers. August 21. New York Daily News. Giff, Don’t Fret over Schools. August 18. New York Times. Public or Private School: In Campaign, It’s Personal. August 8. New York (magazine). Class Distinctions: Which schools make the grade? July '05 July 14. Staten Island Advance. Watchdog group hails PS 23 and PS 45. July 5. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. High-stakes tests spur pupils to pass. June '05 June 23. New York Times. U.S. Audit Faults Speech Therapy in City Schools. June 21. Metro. High States Exam Debated. June 19. New York Newsday. Retention Threat Sways Students on Tests. June 19. The Buffalo News. Tests that Decide if Pupils Advance can be Incentive. June 19. Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. High-stakes Tests Boost Passing Rate of Students. June 18-19. Retention Threat Sways Students on Tests. This Associated Press article was covered in the following publications: The Herald Sun (Durham, NC); Kansas City Star; Columbus Ledger-Enquirer; Times Leader (PA); Monterey County Herald; Macon Telegraph; Aberdeen News (FL); Bradenton Herald (FL); Grand Forks Herald (ND); Daily Sentinel (CO); Daily Comet (LA); Belleville News Democrat (IL); Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, NC); Austin American-Statesman; Rocky Mountain Telegram; The Facts (Brazoria County, TX); Herald-Zeitung (Comal County, TX). June 18. New York Newsday. Threatened with Retention, Students Soar Higher. June 16. Village Voice. Testing Bloomberg and Klein. June 14. New York Post. Timely Tome to Help City Kids Pick a HS. June 13. Our Town/West Side Spirit. June 6. New York Daily News. Special ed report: Dire diploma rate. June 3. New York Daily News. Special Ed Kids Shortchanged. June 3. New York Post. Special Ed is 88% Failure. June 3. Staten Island Advance. Special Ed Students Fail to Get Diplomas in Large Numbers. June 3. El Diario La Prensa. Informe: Educación especial está rezagada. June 3. United Press International. Report Cites Dismal Graduation Numbers. June 3. The Washington Times. Report Cites Dismal Graduation Numbers. June 2. AFC held a press conference today announcing the release of a new report, Leaving Empty Handed: A Report on Graduation and Dropout Rates for Students who Receive Special Education Services in New York. The report reveals the low graduation rate of students receiving special education services in NYC over an eight-year period. Attending the conference were reporters from Columbia Journalism School, Staten Island Advance, New York Times, New York Daily News, New York Post, Sing Tao Newspaper, Ming Pao Daily News, and El Diaro Prensa. May '05 May 18. New York Daily News. Score One for Mayor on Exams. May 10. Washington Post. N.Y. Schools Chief Aims to Revive a ‘Failing’ System. April '05 April 17. New York Daily News. Lift School Cellular Ban? Yes. April 15-30. Caribbean American Weekly. Are Our Schools Headed in the Wrong Direction? April 11. Press release by the City Council Commission on the Implementation of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity. April 11. New York Daily News. Cooped-up Kids. April 8. el Diario/la Prensa. Gifted Programs on the Upper West Side. April 3. New York Times. The Kindergarten Shuffle. April 3. Staten Island Advance. Cell Phones Help Students Cheat. April. Real Simple Magazine. How Good is Your School System? March '05 March 31. New York Post. Klein Heeds Call. March 31. New York Newsday. Ban May Be Called Off. March 19. New York Times. One in 3 City 4th Graders May Not Advance to 5th. March 9. New York Post. Bloomberg Wants Probe of School Safety Chief’s Tirade. February '05 February 23. Christian Science Monitor. Fostering Education. February 22. Christian Science Monitor. Ties to Adults Keep Foster Kids on Track at School. February 19. Caribbean American Weekly. Rodent Hazard: 80% Complain of Mice in School. February 14. New York Times. New Secretary Showing Flexibility on ‘No Child’ Law.