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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AFC testified before the City Council Committee on Education about the importance of class size reduction.
AFC submitted comments on the Department of Education’s proposed changes to Chancellor’s Regulation A-101 regarding school transfers, admissions, and enrollment.
AFC testified at the New York State Joint Legislative Hearing on the 2020–2021 Elementary and Secondary Education Budget proposal, urging legislators to fully fund Foundation Aid; increase investments in targeted areas such as preschool special education programs, support for Multilingual Learners, and positive approaches to discipline; and reject the harmful special education waiver proposal.
As a result of years of under-investment by the State in preschool special education programs, New York is falling far short of providing all children with the preschool special education classes they need and have a legal right to receive. This policy brief shows a projected shortfall of more than 1,000 preschool special education class seats for New York City children with disabilities for spring 2020.
Kim Sweet, Direktè Egzekitif Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), te pibliye deklarasyon sa a an repons a Depatman Edikasyon Eta New York (NYSED) to gradyasyon nan lekòl segondè pou kowòt 2015 la.
AFC testified before the City Council Committee on Youth Services about access to after-school programming for students with disabilities, students in temporary housing and students in foster care and legislation related to universal after-school programming.
Rapò Desanm 2019 sa a, pibliye an patenarya ak Komite Sitwayen pou Timoun Nouyòk (CCC), montre ke dezenvestisman Eta a nan pwogram Entèvansyon Bonè New York te lakòz gwo diferans rasyal ak sosyo-ekonomik nan aksè a sèvis yo. Rapò a montre ke timoun ki poko gen twazan ki gen reta nan devlopman oswa andikap gen mwens chans pou yo resevwa sèvis enpòtan ki ta ka ede yo atenn tout potansyèl yo si yo abite nan katye koulè ki gen revni fèb, epi li fè yon kantite rekòmandasyon bay New York. Vil ak Eta New York pou yo ka ogmante aksè a sèvis Entèvansyon Bonè.
Advocates for Children of New York (AFC) issued the following response to the release of the New York City Department of Education (DOE)’s suspension data report for the 2018-2019 school year.
Today, 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 City Department of Education’s rapò done edikasyon espesyal for the 2018-19 school year.
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 City Department of Education’s transportation data report for the 2018-19 school year.