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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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.
The Fiscal Year 2026 budget must sustain important education programs funded with one-year city dollars set to expire in June 2025 and make additional investments to address pressing needs.
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.
Today, AFC is testifying at a hearing of the New York State Education Department Dyslexia and Dysgraphia Task Force. Our testimony focuses on screening and intervention, emphasizing that moving the needle on literacy requires a comprehensive approach and a substantial and sustained commitment of resources.
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
Rapò sa a, ki baze sou konvèsasyon ak paran elèv Vil Nouyòk yo sou eksperyans yo ap travay ak lekòl pitit yo pandan yo te aprann timoun yo pou yo li, li fè rekòmandasyon pou Lekòl Leta Vil Nouyòk (NYCPS) sou fason pou fè patenarya ak fanmi yo kòm vil la antre nan pwochen etap efò li yo pou amelyore ansèyman lekti atravè sistèm lekòl la.
AFC te temwaye devan Komite Edikasyon Konsèy Vil Nouyòk la ak Komite sou Lejislasyon Eta ak Federal konsènan nouvo kourikoulòm ki baze sou fonik ak tès depistaj disleksi nan Lekòl Leta Vil Nouyòk yo. N ap mande Konsèy la pou l rete fèm nan angajman pou asire ke tout lekòl yo ap itilize pwogram lekti avèk efikasite pwouve epi pouse sistèm lekòl la pou bay tout elèv—sa yo ki gen andikap tankou disleksi—entèvansyon ak sipò yo bezwen.
Kim Sweet, Direktè Egzekitif Advocates for Children of New York, te pibliye deklarasyon sa a an repons a chanjman Chanselye a te anonse nan ansèyman alfabetizasyon nan Lekòl Leta Vil Nouyòk.
Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), issued the following statement in response to the release of the 2022 New York State English Language Arts (ELA) test scores for New York City, showing that only 36% of Black and Hispanic students, 18% of students with disabilities, and 13% of English Language Learners (ELLs) in grades 3–8 are reading proficiently.