AFC 致力于改变教育政策，以便公立学校系统能够服务于 全部 儿童有效。我们发布政策报告和数据分析，在市和州两级作证，在媒体上发声，让人们关注我们所服务的学生和家庭面临的挑战，并与其他倡导者、家长、青少年和教育工作者一起呼吁改变。
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AFC submitted testimony to the New York City Council Committee on Education regarding the proposed bill to equip all exit doors in elementary school buildings and buildings accommodating District 75 programs with an alarm system.
AFC submitted testimony for the New York State Education Budget Hearing, applauding the Governor’s call to make pre-k truly universal, but pointing out that the funding in the budget proposal is insufficient to reach this goal. AFC calls on the Legislature to support Mayor de Blasio’s plan to expand pre-k rapidly in NYC and also makes recommendations regarding the Governor’s preschool special education reform, special education waiver, after-school, and anti-discrimination proposals.
AFC 向纽约州教育部提交了关于纽约州《初等和中等教育法案》（ESEA）灵活性豁免拟议修正案的意见。AFC 对针对残疾学生和英语学习者测试的修正案发表了意见。
AFC 在纽约市议会教育委员会就教育部特殊教育改革作证。我们的学区需要改变教育残疾学生的方式；然而，除非改革执行得当且资金充足，否则变革不会带来积极成果。.
AFC testified at the Discipline Code hearing, which offers the opportunity for students, parents, teachers, and advocates to offer input into the draft of the discipline code which will go into effect during the 2013-2014 school year. AFC called for the discipline code to include meaningful information regarding behavioral supports for students with disabilities. Though students with disabilities make up 12% of the NYC public school population, they receive almost 1/3 of all suspensions.
AFC submitted testimony urging the New York State Legislature to ensure that the state budget protects access to high-quality Early Intervention services that are driven by children’s needs, not by their health insurance coverage.
In March 2011, the ARISE 联盟, a group of parents, educators, advocates and other supporters of students with disabilities coordinated by Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), released this policy paper calling on New York City and New York State to follow the law with respect to transition planning and to give post-secondary transition for students with special education needs the same high priority they are beginning to give college and career readiness for other students.
过去七年的教育改革并未显著改善纽约市 16 万名公立学校残疾学生的成绩、体验或服务。 教育！包容！尊重！2009 年 4 月发布的一份报告 ARISE 联盟是由 AFC 协调的一群残疾学生家长、教育工作者、倡导者和其他支持者。
据估计，纽约市有 138,000 名超龄、学分不足的学生失学或有辍学风险。纽约市教育局开始为这些学生创建新的课程，但根据现有制度，一些学生仍面临死胡同。本简报纸研究了新学校满足英语学习者（ELL）、有特殊教育需求的学生、学分很少或没有学分的高龄学生以及怀孕和育龄学生的教学需求的能力。.
每年约有 13,000 名残疾学生离开纽约市公立学校系统。本报告考察了纽约市教育局为让这些年轻人为独立生活、职业培训、就业、高等教育以及其他高中后机会做好准备所做的努力。.