L'AFC s'efforce de changer la politique éducative afin que le système scolaire public serve tous enfants efficacement. Nous publions des rapports politiques et des analyses de données, témoignons aux niveaux de la ville et de l'État, nous exprimons dans la presse pour attirer l'attention sur les défis auxquels sont confrontés les étudiants et les familles que nous servons, et nous nous joignons à d'autres défenseurs, parents, jeunes et éducateurs pour appeler à changement.
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The Fiscal Year 2027 budget must sustain important education programs funded with one-year city dollars, while also increasing investments to address pressing needs and ensuring the City can fulfill its legal obligations to students, including those with disabilities.
Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), issued the following statement in response to the release of the 2025 New York State English Language Arts (ELA) test scores for New York City students in grades 3–8.
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.
Aujourd'hui, AFC témoigne devant le groupe de travail sur la dyslexie et la dysgraphie du Département de l'Éducation de l'État de New York. Notre témoignage porte sur le dépistage et l'intervention, et souligne que l'amélioration des compétences en lecture et en écriture exige une approche globale ainsi qu'un engagement important et constant de ressources.
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.
Ce rapport, basé sur des conversations avec des parents d'élèves de la ville de New York sur leurs expériences de travail avec les écoles de leurs enfants alors que leurs enfants apprenaient à lire, formule des recommandations à l'intention des écoles publiques de la ville de New York (NYCPS) sur la manière de collaborer avec les familles en tant que La ville entre dans les prochaines étapes de ses efforts visant à améliorer l’enseignement de la lecture dans l’ensemble du système scolaire.