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.
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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.
AFC joined more than 100 organizations in sending a letter urging Governor Hochul to sign into law A.8013 (Benedetto) / S.6516-A (Mannion), a bill passed unanimously by the Senate and Assembly to ensure that preschool special education programs, as well as state-approved non-public schools for school-age students with significant disabilities, receive the same increase in payment rates as school districts.
AFC testified before the City Council Committee on Education on meeting the needs of students with disabilities during the COVID era, including the need to for a non-adversarial system for providing make-up services.
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.
AFC submitted comments to the New York State Education Department about the need for urgent action to address systemic delays and barriers in the special education impartial hearing system in New York City.
سيتولى عمدة المدينة المنتخب إريك آدامز منصبه في وقت أدى فيه جائحة فيروس كورونا (COVID-19) إلى تفاقم عدم المساواة الطويلة الأمد في مدارس مدينتنا. استنادًا إلى خبرتنا الميدانية الممتدة على مدار 50 عامًا في مساعدة الطلاب وأسرهم على التنقل في أكبر نظام مدرسي في البلاد والحصول على الدعم الذي يحتاجون إليه للتعلم، فإننا نحدد بعض التحديات الأكثر إلحاحًا في التعليم العام - بما في ذلك تلك التحديات التي تواجه التعليم العام قبل ذلك. تاريخ COVID - حيث يجب أن يكون العمدة القادم مستعدًا لتركيز الاهتمام والطاقة والموارد.
AFC and the ARISE Coalition (coordinated by AFC) testified before the City Council Committee on Education on the continued work needed to strengthen the DOE’s academic recovery plans this year. While we appreciate that the City is using this funding for some important initiatives, we worry there is still inadequate detail about how the funding will be used, inadequate funding for key priorities, and too much discretion and responsibility left to individual schools that already have their hands full reopening schools and keeping school communities safe.
AFC testified before the New York State Senate Education Committee on the DOE’s use of increased state and federal education funding; specifically, how the funding is being used to meet the needs of students with disabilities, English Language Learners, and students experiencing homelessness—students who were hit particularly hard by the closure of schools.
AFC joined more than 100 organizations in sending a letter urging the Governor to sign into law A. 8013 (Benedetto) / S. 6516-A (Mannion), a bill passed unanimously by the Senate and Assembly to ensure that preschool special education programs, as well as state-approved non-public schools for school-age students with significant disabilities, receive the same increase in payment rates as school districts.
AFC submitted comments on the DOE’s proposed changes to Chancellor’s Regulation A-710 about Section 504 accommodations for students with disabilities.
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