AFC travay pou chanje politik edikasyon pou sistèm lekòl piblik la sèvi tout timoun yo efektivman. Nou pibliye rapò politik ak analiz done, temwaye nan vil la ak nivo Eta a, pale nan laprès pou pote atansyon sou defi elèv yo ak fanmi nou sèvi yo ap fè fas a, epi mete ansanm ak lòt defansè, paran, jèn, ak edikatè pou mande chanje.
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Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), issued the following statement in response to the announcement that Chancellor Carranza would be stepping down from his position.
AFC testified before the New York City Council Committee on Education in support of proposed legislation regulating the New York City Police Department’s response to students in emotional crisis within public schools, significantly limiting the use of handcuffs on students in emotional crisis, and to express concern about the need for a new vision of school safety, beyond merely transferring the School Safety Division from the NYPD to the Department of Education.
Today, 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 months of July through October 2020, and as of mid-January 2021.
On January 28, 2021, AFC testified at the New York State Joint Legislative Hearing on the 2021-2022 Elementary and Secondary Education Budget proposal, urging legislators to increase, and not cut, state education funding and ensure schools can use their full COVID-19 relief funding to reopen schools and help students catch up.
AFC and the ARISE Coalition (coordinated by AFC) testified before the City Council Committee on Education about the impact of COVID-19 on student learning, outlining essential principles and critical elements that must be included in a comprehensive COVID-19 education recovery effort.
AFC submitted comments to the draft ACS-DOE joint policy on the reporting and investigating of educational neglect.
Enfòmasyon done janvye 2021 sa a egzamine gwo bès pandan pandemi COVID-19 nan kantite tibebe ak timoun piti ki refere yo bay pwogram Entèvansyon Bonè Vil Nouyòk (EI) pou adrese enkyetid konsènan devlopman yo. Kòm konsekans diminye nan referans yo, plizyè milye jèn timoun ki gen reta nan devlopman oswa andikap yo rate chans pou entèvansyon nan moman li pi efikas la.
AFC joined more than 30 organizations in calling on the DOE to fill the more than 20 currently vacant positions dedicated to supporting students who are homeless.
AFC testified before the City Council Committee on Education and Committee on Women and Gender Equity about the related issues of a shortage of preschool special education programs, and the problem of Learning Bridges child care programs excluding children with disabilities.
Sant Asistans Teknik ak Edikasyon Eta Nouyòk pou Elèv Sanzabri (NYS-TEACHS), yon pwojè Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), te pibliye nouvo done ki montre ke plis pase 111,000 elèv Vil Nouyòk—apeprè youn sou dis timoun ki enskri. nan distri oswa lekòl charter—yo te idantifye kòm sanzabri pandan ane lekòl 2019-20 la. Nan Bronx, apeprè youn sou sis elèv te san kay.