AFC trabaja para cambiar la política educativa para que el sistema de escuelas públicas sirva todo niños de manera efectiva. Publicamos informes de políticas y análisis de datos, testificamos a nivel municipal y estatal, hablamos en la prensa para llamar la atención sobre los desafíos que enfrentan los estudiantes y las familias a las que servimos, y nos unimos a otros defensores, padres, jóvenes y educadores para pedir cambiar.
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AFC testified before the New York City Council Committee on Immigration regarding the city’s plans for addressing federal immigration authorities’ requests for access to school buildings and student records.
AFC testified at the New York State Joint Legislative Public Hearing on the 2017–2018 Elementary and Secondary Education Budget proposal, urging legislators to invest in education initiatives such as improved access to Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs for students with disabilities and English Language Learners, the development of performance-based assessments, positive approaches to discipline, and pre-kindergarten.
The following is a statement by Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York, in response to the release of graduation rate data for the class of 2016.
AFC testificó ante el Comité de Educación del Consejo de la Ciudad de Nueva York sobre el acceso a programas de Educación Técnica y Profesional (CTE) para estudiantes con discapacidades y estudiantes del idioma inglés (ELL). Se ha demostrado que la CTE ayuda a mantener a los estudiantes en riesgo, como los ELL y los estudiantes con discapacidades, comprometidos y encaminados hacia la graduación; pero si bien los estudiantes con discapacidades y ELL generalmente obtienen buenos resultados en los programas CTE de la ciudad, ambos grupos están subrepresentados entre los estudiantes CTE.
En febrero de 2016, el Coalición para múltiples vías hacia un diploma, coordinado por AFC, emitió un resumen de políticas actualizado que identifica las barreras a la instrucción CTE para estudiantes con discapacidades y ELL y brinda recomendaciones al NYSED y la Junta de Regentes para crear programas CTE accesibles que beneficien a estos estudiantes.
AFC and the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) jointly submitted comments in response to the New York City Department of Education’s proposal to amend Chancellor’s Regulation A-101 relating to student admissions, discharges, and transfers.
AFC and the ARISE Coalition, which is coordinated by AFC, each testified before the City Council Education Committee about the education proposals in the Fiscal Year 2016 Preliminary Budget.
AFC Project Director Abja Midha testified at the New York City Council Committee on Education hearing on English Language Learners (ELLs). In our testimony, we raised concerns about the shortage of bilingual program options for ELLs, particularly in languages other than Spanish.
AFC testified on the proposed state education budget for 2015–2016, urging the Legislature to increase funding for pre-K, Career and Technical Education (CTE), and to support English Language Learners (ELLs) and immigrant students; reject the Executive Budget special education waiver proposal; modify the charter school proposal to ensure that charter schools serve high-needs populations; support the proposal to establish regional rates for Special Education Itinerant Teacher (SEIT) services; and increase education funding overall.