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Julian is a 3-year-old preschooler with delays in his language skills, but the DOE failed to provide recommended services.

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  • Blog: Special Ed Overhaul Leaves Parents, Teachers Afraid Schools Can't Cope
    2.13.2012 | DNA Info | “They’re saying to schools: ‘Take in a bunch of kids who you didn’t take in before — and do it right,’” said Maggie Moroff, coordinator of ARISE, a coalition of special education advocates and parents. Moroff said that while advocates "support the goals of the reform...
  • Blog: Cuomo confident of teacher eval deal by deadline
    2.14.2012 | The Wall Street Journal | The independent Advocates for Children of New York are trying to insert provisions that recognize the particular challenges of special education teachers, who must help students with emotional and physical disabilities, and others who are teaching immigrant...
  • Blog: Special needs children need not apply
    2.21.2012 | Insideschools.org | "A reform like this requires a lot of planning," said Kim Sweet, director of Advocates for Children. "We would like to see the DOE do more to assure parents that when they drop off their five-year-olds at school in September, the school will be ready for them."… Read...
  • Blog: Analysis: Despite Teacher Evaluation Deal, Test Scores Still Rule
    2.22.2012 | NBC New York | Kim Sweet, of Advocates for Children, told me: “We’re getting to the point where we are creating additional testing, not to benefit children but to evaluate teachers. You have to worry about the effect that will have on students’ education.”… Read article
  • Resource: Multiple Pathways Cover Letter 2012
    The Coalition released its recommendations for creating additional pathways to a diploma and sent them to the Board of Regents and the State Education Department.
  • Resource: Multiple Pathways Preliminary Recommendations 2012
    The Coalition released its recommendations for creating additional pathways to a diploma and sent them to the Board of Regents and the State Education Department.
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  • Blog: Mayoral Hopefuls Protest School Closings
    1.31.2012 | New York Times/School Book | The politicians joined representatives from Advocates for Children, Class Size Matters and New York Communities for Change in citing data finding many of the schools that are to be closed, or which are already in the process of phasing out, have...
  • Blog: High dropout rate, open questions at schools that closed in 2011
    2.01.2012 | GothamSchools | “What I’d really like to know is, what happened to all the other kids in the school when the closure was announced?” said Kim Sweet, executive director of Advocates for Children of New York. “These were much bigger schools.”… Read article
  • Resource: Policy Priorities
    Based AFC's review of relevant research and interviews with experts in the field, as well as 13 focus groups conducted with 147 parents, teachers, and students in communities throughout New York City, AFC identified six priorities for New York’s new teacher evaluation system.
  • Resource: AFC Newsletter | The Advocate | Fall 2011
    AFC Newsletter | The Advocate | Fall 2011
  • Resource: Stuck in the Middle: The Problem of Overage Middle School Students in New York City
    In recent years, community-based providers and school officials that serve students in the public school system have been noticing a disturbing number of sixteen-year-old seventh graders or seventeen-year-old eighth graders who are appearing (or staying) in middle schools across the city.
  • Resource: Appropriately Assessing the Needs of Newcomer Students
    This paper focuses on eliminating barriers to accurate assessment of newcomer students and enhancing sensitivity and support for newcomer students in the classroom
  • Resource: Asthma in the School: A Look at New York City
  • Resource: Public High Schools: Private Admissions A report on New York City Practices Part 1 of 3
    This report focuses on how certain unzoned public high school programs are selective in their admissions practices and the negative affects of these practices on low income, predominantly minority school districts.
  • Resource: Public High Schools: Private Admissions A report on New York City Practices Part 2 of 3
    This report focuses on how certain unzoned public high school programs are selective in their admissions practices and the negative affects of these practices on low income, predominantly minority school districts.
  • Blog: Advocates: New schools not always better
    12.13.2011 | Insideschools.org | Advocates for Children urged the DOE to treat school communities "as real partners in developing solutions" rather than "legal hurdles that need to be managed."... Read article Read the statement here
  • Resource: Public High Schools: Private Admissions A report on New York City Practices Part 3 of 3
    This report focuses on how certain unzoned public high school programs are selective in their admissions practices and the negative affects of these practices on low income, predominantly minority school districts.
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    VolunteerThank you for your interest in Advocates for Children.Please scan and email this completed form to aguttu@afcnyc.org.
  • Resource: The Importance of School Stability for Youth in Foster Care
    This fact sheet provides information on the importance of school stability for youth in foster care.