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Kim Sweet, Executive Director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), issued the following statement in response to Mayor Adams and Chancellor Banks’ announcement of plans to support students with dyslexia.
本报告总结了 2021 年 12 月扫盲峰会（由 AFC、纽约市教育局 (DOE) 和 ARISE 联盟联合举办的为期一天的虚拟活动）的主要内容，并提出了改善纽约市学校阅读教学的明确建议。该报告附有 70 个组织签署的集体行动呼吁。
Mayor-elect Eric Adams will take office at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the longstanding inequities in our City’s schools. Based on our 50 years of on-the-ground experience helping students and families navigate the largest school system in the country and get the support they need to learn, we outline some of the most pressing challenges in public education — including those that pre-date COVID — where the incoming Mayor must be prepared to focus attention, energy, and resources.
本报告重点介绍了阅读熟练程度的种族差异数据，并呼吁市政府将其$7亿美元联邦新冠疫情救济资金中的一部分投入其中，全面努力改进向所有学生提供阅读指导的方式，并为需要额外支持的学生提供有针对性的干预措施。
With the federal government having approved the largest one-time investment in education in our nation’s history, NYC needs an ambitious education initiative to pave the way to hope and opportunity for this generation of students. Such a plan must invest resources in academic support, mental health support, and outreach and engagement. It must be targeted to assist students disproportionately impacted by the pandemic, including the provision of specialized instruction and support where needed. This plan outlines our recommendations for steps the City should take.
In response to the release of the grades 3–8 English Language Arts (ELA) and Math test scores for 2019, Kim Sweet, Executive Director, issued the following statement.
AFC 在纽约市议会教育和心理健康委员会、发育障碍委员会、酒精中毒委员会、药物滥用委员会和残疾人服务委员会面前作证说，有必要确保我们的公立学校准备好为所有学生，包括患有阅读障碍和其他残疾的学生，提供适当的、基于证据的读写指导。
This report documents the need for urgent and sustained action to improve literacy levels for low-income students with disabilities and prepare schools to teach reading effectively for all students. It reviews research and case stories indicating that students with a wide range of disabilities are capable of learning to read if they receive appropriate instruction, discusses the key elements for teaching reading effectively, highlights a number of promising programs in NYC, and provides recommendations for implementing systemic change.
AFC testified at a New York City Council Committee on Higher Education oversight hearing on teacher training in New York City’s post-secondary institutions, emphasizing the need to better prepare new teachers to support the needs of students who are struggling to learn to read and students with behavioral challenges.
AFC and the ARISE Coalition, which is coordinated by AFC, each testified before the City Council Education Committee about the education proposals in the Fiscal Year 2016 Preliminary Budget.