This January 2022 data brief found that preschool students with disabilities are being underserved by 3-K and Pre-K for All and are being denied access to special education programs and services to which they have a legal right—with disparities based on race, school district, housing status, and language of instruction.
موارد السياسة
تعمل AFC على تغيير سياسة التعليم بحيث يخدم نظام المدارس العامة الجميع الأطفال بشكل فعال. ننشر تقارير السياسات وتحليلات البيانات، ونشهد على مستوى المدينة والولاية، ونتحدث علنًا في الصحافة لجذب الانتباه إلى التحديات التي تواجه الطلاب والأسر التي نخدمها، وننضم إلى المدافعين الآخرين وأولياء الأمور والشباب والمعلمين للدعوة إلى يتغير.
More than 115 Organizations Call for Changes to New York State’s School Funding Formula
Every child in New York State has the right to a sound, basic education—and providing such an education requires adequate and equitable funding. More than 115 organizations are calling on Governor Hochul and the New York State Legislature to revamp New York’s outdated school funding formula to ensure schools have the resources necessary to provide a high-quality education to all students, with particular attention to those who have the greatest needs.170 Results Found
يشيد المدافعون عن أطفال نيويورك وجمعية المساعدة القانونية بالإعلان الأخير بأن إدارة التعليم في مدينة نيويورك (DOE) تقوم بإنشاء فريق مخصص لخدمة الاحتياجات الفريدة للطلاب في الحضانة.
Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), issued the following statement in response to the announcement of David Banks as the next schools Chancellor.
أصدر المدافعون عن أطفال نيويورك (AFC) الرد التالي على نشر وزارة التعليم بمدينة نيويورك لبيانات جديدة تظهر الحاجة إلى أكثر من 900 مقعد إضافي في فصول التعليم الخاص لمرحلة ما قبل المدرسة في ربيع عام 2022.
أصدر كيم سويت، المدير التنفيذي لمنظمة المدافعين عن أطفال نيويورك (AFC)، البيان التالي ردًا على إقرار مجلس مدينة نيويورك للمقدمة 150-أ، وإنشاء فريق عمل يركز على نقل الطلاب في السكن المؤقت.
Advocates for Children of New York (AFC) issued the following response to the release of the New York City Department of Education (DOE)’s special education data report for the 2020–21 school year.
More than 101,000 New York City students were identified as homeless during the 2020–21 school year, a 42% increase since the start of the decade and the sixth consecutive school year that more than 100,000 New York City students experienced homelessness.
According to monthly attendance data released by the New York City Department of Education (DOE), students living in homeless shelters had significantly more difficulty accessing an education than their permanently housed peers in winter and spring 2021.
Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), issued the following statement in response to the NYC Department of Education’s release of its plan for using its historic influx of funding from the federal American Rescue Plan Act.
Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), issued the following statement in response to the announcement of the Fiscal Year 2022 city budget agreement.