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Today, AFC is testifying before the New York City Council Committee on Education and Committee on Civil and Human Rights on advancing diversity and equity in NYC Public Schools.
Today, AFC and the ARISE Coalition (coordinated by AFC) are testifying before the New York City Council Committee on Education and Committee on Finance regarding the Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget — Education.
The Fiscal Year 2026 budget must sustain important education programs funded with one-year city dollars and make additional investments to address pressing needs.
Today, AFC and the ARISE Coalition (coordinated by AFC) are testifying at the New York City Council Committee on Education’s Preliminary Budget hearing.
Excellent public schools are essential to making New York City an attractive place to live and raise a family and to ensuring a strong foundation for our City’s future. Regardless of what happens at the federal level in the years ahead, it will be essential for New York City Public Schools to remain focused on the critical task of ensuring all young people receive the support they need to learn and thrive. Based on our experience helping thousands of New York City families each year, we urge the next Mayoral Administration to take on big challenges with bold ideas and stand firm in the face of threats to students’ civil rights.
For far too long, New York City Public Schools has failed to meet the critical charge of ensuring all students learn to read. While the City has begun to take steps to address this challenge, meaningful change takes time, and literacy must remain a top education priority for the next Mayoral administration. To sustain and build upon the work done thus far, New York City should develop a robust system of intensive interventions and support for students across all grade levels; provide teachers with ongoing coaching and professional learning in the science of reading; and partner with families to support literacy learning.
Today, AFC is testifying at a hearing of the New York State Education Department Dyslexia and Dysgraphia Task Force. Our testimony focuses on screening and intervention, emphasizing that moving the needle on literacy requires a comprehensive approach and a substantial and sustained commitment of resources.
Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), issued the following statement in response to the release of the New York State English Language Arts test scores for New York City students
هذا التقرير، الذي يستند إلى محادثات مع أولياء أمور طلاب مدينة نيويورك حول تجاربهم في العمل مع مدارس أطفالهم حيث تم تعليم أطفالهم القراءة، يقدم توصيات للمدارس العامة في مدينة نيويورك (NYCPS) حول كيفية الشراكة مع العائلات باعتبارها تدخل المدينة المراحل التالية من جهودها لتحسين تعليم القراءة عبر النظام المدرسي.
AFC testified before the New York City Council Committee on Education & Committee on State and Federal Legislation regarding the new phonics based curriculum and dyslexia screening in NYC Public Schools. We are urging the Council to remain steadfast in the commitment to ensuring that all schools are using reading curricula with proven effectiveness and to push the school system to provide all students—including those who have disabilities like dyslexia—with the intervention and support they need.
